Impact of integrated nutrient management on yield and quality parameters of papaya (Carica papaya L.) Cv. Red Lady under net house

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted during the year 2018-19 at Research Farm of Centre of Excellence on Protected Cultivation and Precision Farming under net house, College of Agriculture (IGKV) Raipur (C.G.). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replication and ten treatments. The treatment consists of ten different combination of organic manure and bio-fertilizers along with recommended dose of fertilizer. Result revealed that treatment T8 (75% RDF + 10 kg Vermi-compost + 100 g Azotobacter +100 g PSB/Plant) showed highest number of fruits (78.33), fruit length (22.66 cm), fruit weight 1486 (g), yield per plant (71.32 kg), TSS (%) 14.26, minimum acidity (%) 0.13, total sugar (%) 10.31, reducing sugar(%) 8.82, ascorbic acid 52 (mg/100g).