Effect of NPK fertilizers and spacing on the yield of bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceratia M)
2000
Jan, N.D. | Iqbal, M. | Ghafoor, A. | Waseem, K. | Jillani, M.S. (Gomal Univ., D.I. Khan (Pakistan). Dept. of Horticulture)
A field trail was conducted to assess the effect of different plant spacing (S1=50 cm, S2=75 cm and S3=100 cm) and NPK doses (T1 = control, T2=104-54-104, T3=124-74-124, T4=144-94-144 and T5=164- 114-164 kg per hectare) on the growth and yield of bottle gourd. The NPK fertilizer doses has significant effect on days to germination, fruit weight (gm), fruit volume (ml), number of fruits per vine, vine length (cm) and yield per hectare (tones). Increasing NPK fertilizer doses also increased the above mentioned parameters. Maximum yield (20.403 t ha-1) was obtained from T5 (164-114-164). Plant spacing had significant influence on days to germination, fruit weight (gm), fruit volume (ml,) number of fruits per vine, vine length (cm) and yield per hectare. Increasing plant spacing increased all the above mentioned parameters, except yield per hectare. Maximum yield (19.709 t ha- 1) was obtained from S1 (50 cm).
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