Study on response of varying doses of nitrogen and phosphorus on yield attributes of cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana Linn)

Abstract

A field experiment on “Effect of varying doses of nitrogen and phosphorus on vegetative growth, fruit yield and quality of cape gooseberry” was conducted at Main Experiment Station of Horticulture department, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad (U.P.) during the year 2015-16 to study the response of varying doses of nitrogen and phosphorus on vegetative growth, flowering yield and quality attributes of cape gooseberry. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with twelve treatments comprising of 4 levels of Nitrogen, i.e, (75, 100, 125, 150 kg/ha), and 3 levels of Phosphorus (60, 80, 100 kg/ha) the doses of Nitrogen and Phosphorus were applied in two splits and potassium (60kg/ha) constant for all the treatments. The maximum berry per plant, weight, volume and yield were recorded in the plants with the application of (N150:P100) kg./ha followed by (N1125:P80) kg./ha and minimum were found with the application of (N75:P60) kg./ha.