Studies on the effect of horse dung, cow dung and fertilizers on yield, fruit quality and chemical composition of leaves in mango cv. Dashehari.
Kalu Singh, Sarjit Singh, Pathak R. A.
Author Affiliation: Horticultural Experiment and Training Centre, Saharanpur, UP, India.
Progressive Horticulture 16 : 120-123
Abstract : Thirteen-year-old trees fertilized with horse or cow manure or artificial (NPK) fertilizers yielded 395, 293 and 310 fruits/tree, respectively, compared with 148/tree in the non-fertilized control. The respective TSS percentages were 18, 17.6, 17.8 and 17.2. Data on leaf N, P, and K contents are tabulated.