Vol. 7, Issue 4 (2019)
Productivity and quality response of tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum L.) under different fertigation levels and emitter types in a tropical region of eastern India
Author(s): PC Pradhan, B Panigrahi, JC Paul, BC Sahu and B Behera
Abstract: Field experiments were conducted during winter seasons of 2014 and 2015 in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India to study the effect of different fertigation levels and emitter types on productivity and quality of tomato. The experiments were laid out in split plot design with twelve treatments which were replicated three times. The three levels of fertigation i.e. fertigation with 100% recommended dose of fertiliser (RDF), 80% RDF and 60% RDF were applied through four types of emitters viz. online pressure compensating (online pc), online non pressure compensating (online npc), inline pressure compensating (inline pc) and inline non pressure compensating (inline npc) . The fertigation levels were allocated to main plots and the emitter types were allocated to sub plots. Water soluble fertilisers viz. urea, urea phosphate and sulphate of potash were used for fertigation in the experiment. Significantly the maximum tomato yield of 59.8 t/ha was recorded for treatment with application of 100% RDF through online pc emitters based drip irrigation system. Similarly significantly the highest length of fruit 5.76 cm, fruit girth of 6.8 cm, highest Total soluble solid (TSS) content of 4.45 0 brix and lycopene content of 6.39 mg/100g was recorded in the above mentioned treatment.
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PC Pradhan, B Panigrahi, JC Paul, BC Sahu, B Behera. Productivity and quality response of tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum L.) under different fertigation levels and emitter types in a tropical region of eastern India. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(4):1217-1221.
