Rhizobium and PSB inoculation with DAP application. The area situated at a latitude of 29 0 01' N and longitudes of 77 0 75' E with an elevation of 228 m above mean sea level. The soil of experimental field was well drained, sandy loam in texture, alkaline in reaction (7.81), low in available nitrogen, organic carbon and medium in available phosphorus and potassium with an electrical conductivity of 0.28 dSm -1 . Eight treatments comprising control, inoculation of Rhizobium and PSB with DAP application were tested in RBD with three replications. The chickpea crop was grown with recommended package and practices. The data on growth, yield attributes and yield were estimated as per the standard procedures. The experimental results revealed that growth parameters (plant height, number of branches plant -1 , number of nodules and their fresh and dry weight plant -1 and dry matter accumulation plant -1 ), yield attributing traits viz. number of pods plant -1 , number of seeds plant -1 , test weight and biological yield, grain yield, straw yield in chickpea differ significantly among different treatments. Growth parameters were significantly better in the treatment T8 (Rhizobium + PSB+ DAP). The highest grain yield was recorded in T8 where DAP was applied with inoculation of Rhizobium and PSB. This treatment was superior to the other treatments. Growth and yield attributing characters were comparatively higher in T8. From the study it is concluded that the application of DAP with Rhizobium and PSB inoculation (T8 Rhizobium + PSB+ DAP) gave best results and proved to be beneficial for Kabuli chickpea.
The use of alkali ground water constitutes a major threat to irrigated agriculture in semiarid parts of India. The entire arid and semiarid region in India is characterized by low rainfall and has the problems either of water scarcity or poor quality ground water and it can be better utilized for irrigation through drip irrigation system. An experiment was conducted on tomato crop at Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) Abohar, Punjab to study the effect of blending fresh and saline irrigation water on yield and quality. The good quality canal water (EC of 0.38 dS/m) and ground water (EC 19.5 dS/m) were mixed in ratio of 100% Fresh (F), 75:25 (Fresh: saline; F:S) and 50:50 (F:S). The irrigation was done through drip system with three discharge rates (1.2, 2.4 and 4.2 lph) at three irrigation levels of 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0. The plant yield decreased significantly with increase in salinity levels of irrigation water (that is, increase in proportion of saline water). The maximum plant yield (3.55 kg/plant) was recorded with fresh water irrigation while 50% saline water blending in irrigation produced the lowest yield (2.64 kg/plant). The average yield decreased significantly when the discharge rate of emitters increased from 1.2 to 2.4 lph. The quality of tomato is observed inferior in saline water treatment compared to fresh water treatment. The TSS and acidity of tomato fruits increased with increase in the saline water ratios of irrigation water. As compared to 100% fresh water treatment, the mixing of 75% fresh and 25% saline water reduced tomato yield by 11% and gave a better quality tomato fruits at the discharge rate 2.4 lph and irrigation level 0.8. Hence, saline water can be utilized through drip system for sustainable yield and quality tomato production in water scarce area having poor quality ground water.
The present investigation was carried out during the rabi season 2018-19 and 2019-20 at Department of Vegetable Science Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology Kanpur U.P (208024) India. Experiment was laid out in randomized block design (RBD) with eleven treatments in replicated three times consist of two levels of each micronutrients and growth regulators with control i.e. T0 : Control, T1 : GA3 50ppm, T2 : GA3 100ppm, T3 : NAA 50ppm, T4 : NAA 100ppm, T5 : ZnSO4 0.5%, T6 : ZnSO4 1%, T7 : Boric acid 50ppm, T8 : Boric acid 100ppm, T9 : FeSO4 100ppm and T10: FeSO4 150ppm. Results revealed that there were significant differences between themicronutrients and PGR in tomato fruit quality. From the result it was observed that concentration of GA3 100ppm showed significant effect of fruit quality in tomato Azad-T6
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