Effect of nano nitrogen and phosphorus on yield and quality of ber (Ziziphus  mauritiana)

Somendra   Meena; Raju Lal   Bhardwaj; Pushpa Kumari; Lokesh   Kumar; Suman   Poonia; Ronak   Kuri

doi:10.48165/

Authors

Somendra Meena College of Agriculture, Jodhpur Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Raju Lal Bhardwaj Professor, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Sumerpur, Pali (Rajasthan), India
Pushpa Kumari College of Agriculture, Jodhpur Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Lokesh Kumar College of Agriculture, Jodhpur Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Suman Poonia College of Agriculture, Jodhpur Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Ronak Kuri College of Agriculture, Jodhpur Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Ascorbic acid, Arid climate, Nano nitrogen, Nano Phosphorus, Total sugar

Abstract

An experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Mandor, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) to find out the effects of nano nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers on growth, yield and quality of ber (Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.) using factorial randomized block design with 5 replications during October 2021 to March 2022. There was maximum plant height (6.45 %, 79.17 cm), number of primary branches (14.72), secondary branches (22.09), chlorophyll contents (55.34 SPAD), fruit volume (20.63cm3), specific gravity (0.95), fruit length (3.42 cm), fruit diameter (3.16 cm), pulp thickness (12.56 mm), pulp weight (15.79 g), pulp: stone ratio (19.20),fruit setting (6.92 %), average fruit weight (18.00 g), yield/ tree (64.57 kg), ascorbic acid (vitamin-C) (65.75 mg/100g pulp), total soluble solid (15.77°Brix), total sugar (9.20 %), reducing sugar (4.83 %), non-reducing sugar (4.37 %), fruit pH (5.50), whereas minimum stone weight (0.82 g) and fruit drop (49.38 %) were recorded with application of nano nitrogen @ 2 ml/ litter water + nano phosphorus @ 2 ml/ litter water spray over the control.

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