ENHANCEMENT OF YIELD AND QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF POMEGRANATE (PUNICA GRANATUM L.) CV. GANESH THROUGH NITROGEN AND NEEMCAKE APPLICATION

摘要

A field experiment was carried out to study the effects of nitrogen and neemcake on yield and quality of pomegranate cv Ganesh. Four levels of nitrogen (100,200,300 and 400 g/plant/year) and 1kg neemcake/plant/year were applied singly and in combination. A common dose of 100 g of P_2O_5 and 100 g K_2O were also applied to all the plants including control. The data revealed that the highest fruit yield (6.94 kg/plant) with heaviest fruit (239.83 g), highest T.S.S. (12.290B), total sugar (10.74%), reducing sugar (9.78%), Vitamin-C, (21.93 mg/100 mljuice) and a comparatively lower acidity (0.39%) were recorded with the application of 300 g nitrogen + 1 kg neemcake/plant/year (T_8). The leaves under this treatment (T_8) contain 1.62% nitrogen, 0.04% phosphorus and 1.02% potassium.