Vol. 7, Issue 4 (2019)
Effect of foliar application of calcium and magnesium on growth and yield of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) variety Marglobe
Author(s): Sana Saleem, Rakshanda Anayat, Faheema Mushtaq, Inayat Mustafa Khan, Seerat Rizvi, Syeeda Farwah, Fouzea Nisar, Najmah Andrabi and Syed Mazahir Hussain
Abstract: An investigation entitled “Effect of foliar application of Calcium and Magnesium on growth and yield of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Variety Marglobe†was carried out at Vegetable Experimental farm of Division of Vegetable Science SKUAST- Kashmir, Shalimar during Kharif 2017. There were nine treatments viz., T1 (Magnesium @ 0.2%), T2 (Magnesium @ 0.4%), T3(Calcium @ 0.3%), T4(Calcium @ 0.6%), T5(Calcium @ 0.3% + Magnesium @ 0.2%), T6 (Calcium @ 0.3% + Magnesium @ 0.4%), T7 (Calcium @ 0.6% + Magnesium @ 0.2%), T8 (Calcium @ 0.6% + Magnesium @ 0.4%), T9 (Control).The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replication. The observation on growth, and yield were recorded. Among all the treatments T8 (Calcium@0.6% + Magneseum@0.4%) recorded maximum plant height (114.45cm), plant spread (64.24cm), number of fruits plant-1 (14.15), fruit length (5.60cm), fruit diameter (6.73cm), average fruit weight (63.86g), flesh thickness (1.98cm) fruit yield plot -1(14.45kg) and fruit yield ha -1(331.22q).Treatment (T8) recorded the minimum days to first flower (25.82) and days to first fruit set (31.44). Thus, T8 (Calcium@0.6% + Magneseum@0.4%) was the best treatment among all the nine treatments.
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Sana Saleem, Rakshanda Anayat, Faheema Mushtaq, Inayat Mustafa Khan, Seerat Rizvi, Syeeda Farwah, Fouzea Nisar, Najmah Andrabi, Syed Mazahir Hussain. Effect of foliar application of calcium and magnesium on growth and yield of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) variety Marglobe. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(4):1555-1561.
