Effect of different treatments and pruning on fruit development, yield and economics of passion fruit
Sangita Mehta, Govind Kumar, Praveen Kumar and Birendra Prasad
The passion fruit is a high value and export-oriented crop. Which belongs to the family Passifloracea, it is represented by 14 genera and comprises of nearly 580 species, distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world (Silva and San Jose 1994). Despite this, its production is low and it needs to be increased. In this regard this experiment was taken to standardize the nutrient doses and pruning on development of fruits and yield of passion fruit. The experiment was conducted in the experimental farm, Department of Horticulture, BAU, Ranchi, Jharkhand. In all the treatments 2 kg of vermin-compost and 0.5 kg of lime were applied as basal dose except absolute control. All the treatments exhibited better results over untreated control and absolute control. Highest yield (56.65 q/ha) was obtained by NPK (250: 125:125 gm/vine) + boron 1.2 gm/vine which was at par with, NPK (300: 150:150 gm/vine) + boron 1.2 gm/vine (49.15 q/ha) and NPK (250: 125:125 gm/vine) + sulphur 24 gm/vine (52.48 q/ha). Highest return (Rs. 128376) was obtained in NPK (250: 125:125 gm/vine) + boron 1.2 gm/vine. Thus, NPK (250: 125:125 gm/ vine) + boron 1.2 gm/vine appeared to be the best treatment in the development of fruit characters and yield followed by NPK (250:125:125 gm/ vine) + sulphur 24 gm/vine.
Sangita Mehta, Govind Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Birendra Prasad. Effect of different treatments and pruning on fruit development, yield and economics of passion fruit. Int J Res Agron 2024;7(7S):587-590. DOI: 10.33545/2618060X.2024.v7.i7Sh.1145