Response of organic manures and biofertilizer on growth, fruit yield and quality of mango cv. Amrapali under high-density orcharding.
Patel V. B., Singh S. K., Ram Asrey, Sharma Y. K.
Author Affiliation: Division of Fruits and Horticultural Technology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - 110 012, India.
Karnataka Journal of Horticulture 1 : 51-56
Abstract : An experiment was carried out in New Delhi, India, during 2004 with mango cv. Amrapali using farmyard manure (FYM, at 50 and 100 kg/plant), vermicompost (at 16.5 and 33 kg/plant), Azotobacter, Azospirillum, mixed strain of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB). All the biofertilizers were applied at 10 g/plant, while the AM fungi at 20 g/plant. The highest number of fruits (195.2), fruit weight (170.5 g/fruits), total soluble solids (20.8%), ?-carotene (15?900 ėg/100 g) and ascorbic acid (36 mg/100 g) were recorded with FYM (50 kg)+vermicompost (16.5 kg)+Azotobacter (10 g) and PSB (10 g)/plant.