Effect of foliar application of calcium and magnesium on growth and yield of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) variety Marglobe

Abstract

An investigation entitled “Effect of foliar application of Calcium and Magnesium on growth and yield of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Variety Marglobe” was carried out at Vegetable Experimental farm of Division of Vegetable Science SKUAST- Kashmir, Shalimar during Kharif 2017. There were nine treatments viz., T1 (Magnesium @ 0.2%), T2 (Magnesium @ 0.4%), T3(Calcium @ 0.3%), T4(Calcium @ 0.6%), T5(Calcium @ 0.3% + Magnesium @ 0.2%), T6 (Calcium @ 0.3% + Magnesium @ 0.4%), T7 (Calcium @ 0.6% + Magnesium @ 0.2%), T8 (Calcium @ 0.6% + Magnesium @ 0.4%), T9 (Control).The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replication. The observation on growth, and yield were recorded. Among all the treatments T8 ([email protected]% + [email protected]%) recorded maximum plant height (114.45cm), plant spread (64.24cm), number of fruits plant-1 (14.15), fruit length (5.60cm), fruit diameter (6.73cm), average fruit weight (63.86g), flesh thickness (1.98cm) fruit yield plot -1(14.45kg) and fruit yield ha -1(331.22q).Treatment (T8) recorded the minimum days to first flower (25.82) and days to first fruit set (31.44). Thus, T8 ([email protected]% + [email protected]%) was the best treatment among all the nine treatments.