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- Title
EVALUATION OF AQUAFERT AS A FOLIAR FERTILIZER ON APPLE CV. ROYAL DELICIOUS.
- Authors
Kumar, Arun; Thakur, Ashok Kumar; Bhandari, Durga Prasad; Ram, Budhi; Negi, Deepika
- Abstract
Insufficient nutrient availability and occurrence of intermittent drought other stress during critical growth periods are the significant limiting factors in production of apple in dry temperate region of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. Foliar fertilization is a common practice of supplying fruit crop production with mineral nutrients, especially under limited soil nutrient availability conditions. To evaluate the potential effectiveness of foliar application of Aquafert foliar apple in apple growing regions of Himachal Pradesh, an experiment was conducted at Regional Horticultural Research & Training Station, Sharbo (Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh), to determine the response of Aquafert as a foliar fertilizer on apple cv. Royal Delicious. It turns out that three rounds foliar application of Aquafert foliar apple 100 g/plant at 15, 30 and 45 days after petal fall stage of fruit development has shown better influence on fruiting and quality parameters of Apple cv. Royal Delicious. Higher fruit weight (182.50 g), fruit diameter (76 mm), yield (32 kg), Reducing Sugars (6.05 %), Total sugars (7.14 %), visual fruit colour (94%) and Shelf life (142 days) was recorded with Aquafert foliar apple 100 g/plant at 15, 30 and 45 days after petal fall stage.
- Subjects
HIMACHAL Pradesh (India); PLANT nutrients; FOLIAR feeding; FRUIT weights &; measures; ANGIOSPERMS
- Publication
Plant Archives (09725210), 2023, Vol 23, Issue 1, p156
- ISSN
0972-5210
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51470/PLANTARCHIVES.2023.v23.no1.026