Vol. 6, Issue 3 (2018)
Effect of zinc biofertilization of soil and its impact on vegetative growth parameters & productivity of sweet orange (Citrus Sinensis L.)
Author(s): MK Gonte, MB Patil, SJ Syed and RV Nainwad
Abstract: The present investigation entitled “Studies on zinc biofertilization of soil and its impact on growth, quality and productivity of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck.)†was conducted in a well-established sweet orange orchard with 8 years old Nucellar Orange trees planted at 6 x 6 m spacing having uniform growth and productivity at the Sweet Orange Research Station, Badnapur, Dist. - Jalna, during 2016-17. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with ten treatments replicated thrice. The results revealed that, there were significant variations in growth and yield of sweet orange due to application liquid biofertilizers (zinc Solubilizers). The values of vegetative growth parameters height of the trees tem girth number of leaves per branch showed the significant effect by treatments and spread of the tree and number of branches per tree showed the non-significant effect by treatments. The height of tree, stem girth and number of leaves per branch showed most effective in T6 (RNMP+ Trichoderma viride) followed by treatment T5 (RNMP + Pseudomonas striata) and T8 (RNMP+ Bacillus megaterium) and minimum effective in T1 (RNMP). The yield parameters number of fruit per tree and weight of fruit per tree, weight of one fruit and weight of five fruit were noticed maximum in T6 (RNMP+ Trichoderma viride) followed by treatment T5 (RNMP + Pseudomonas striata) and T8 (RNMP+Bacillus megaterium) and minimum effective was noticed in T1 (RNMP). Application of RNMP+Trichoderma viride (T6) improved economics in Sweet orange.
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MK Gonte, MB Patil, SJ Syed, RV Nainwad. Effect of zinc biofertilization of soil and its impact on vegetative growth parameters & productivity of sweet orange (Citrus Sinensis L.). Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(3):931-935.
