Impact of pre- harvest foliar spray of nutrients and agrochemicals on fruit  yield and quality of ber (Zizyphus mauritiana)

Mukesh Chand  Bhateshwar; S K  Khandelwal; K K  Meena; Deepak  Gupta; Pooja Sharma; Kamal Mahala; M L Choudhary

doi:10.48165/

Authors

Mukesh Chand Bhateshwar Department of Horticulture, SKNAU, Jobner, Jaipur 303-329, Rajasthan, India
S K Khandelwal Department of Horticulture, SKNAU, Jobner, Jaipur 303-329, Rajasthan, India
K K Meena Department of Horticulture, SKNAU, Jobner, Jaipur 303-329, Rajasthan, India
Deepak Gupta Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
Pooja Sharma Department of Horticulture, SKNAU, Jobner, Jaipur 303-329, Rajasthan, India
Kamal Mahala Department of Horticulture, SKNAU, Jobner, Jaipur 303-329, Rajasthan, India
M L Choudhary Department of Horticulture, SKNAU, Jobner, Jaipur 303-329, Rajasthan, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Agrochemicals, Nutrients, Spray, Fruit yield

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted to find out the impact of pre- harvest foliar spray of nutrients and agrochemicals on fruit yield and quality parameters of ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk) during 2022-23 and 2023-24 at SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner, Rajasthan. Among nutrients and agrochemicals, application of T11 (ZnSO4 @ 4g/L + CaCl2 @ 2g/L + chitosan @ 1.5g/L +salicylic acid @ 1g/L) to individual plants was significantly superior to all other treatments, but it was on a par with T9 (CaCl2 @ 2g/L + salicylic acid @ 1g/L), T7 (ZnSo4 @ 4g/L + salicylic acid @ 1g/L) and T5 (ZnSO4 @ 4g/L + CaCl2 @ 2g/L). In treatment T11 (ZnSo4 @ 4g/L + CaCl2 @ 2g/L + chitosan @ 1.5g/L + salicylic acid @ 1g/L), an increase in days taken to first harvesting (137.00 days), days taken to complete harvesting (57.11 days), fruit weight (18.51 g), diameter of fruits (3.59 cm), fruit yield (38.01 kg/tree), fruit yield (105.68 q/ ha), maximum TSS% (19.05 0Brix) and minimum titratable acidity (0.415 %) were recorded.

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