Efficacy of Inmpractices on Growth and Yield of Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum L.)

Abstract

The present research work entitled “Efficacy of INM practices on growth and yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)” was carried out at Agricultural Research Farm, IFTM University, Moradabad during summer season of 2020 laid out in randomized block design consisting of fifteen treatment combinations with three replications. The experimental results revealed that treatment T10 (100 % RDF + Vermicompost + PSB Root dip) resulted in highest values of growth parameters such as plant height, number of primary branches and plant spread at 30, 45 and 60 days after transplanting. The significantly highest value of weight per fruit was recorded in treatment T10 (98.77 g) though it was found to be statistically at par with treatmentT11 (96.30 g) and statistically superior to all other treatments in the experiment. The treatment T10 being at par with treatment T11 recorded significantly highest value of number of fruits per plant (29.20 and 28.27, respectively), weight of fruits per plant (2.88 and 2.66 kg/plant, respectively), fruit yield of tomato (78.77 t/ha and 75.80 t/ha, respectively) as compared to all other treatments.