Effect of potassium and micronutrients on growth and quality of carrot (Daucus carota L.)

Abstract

Carrot cultivated with limited nutrition will produce low yields and would require different nutrient combination for increased nutrition availability for higher productivity. The potassium and micronutrients was expected to increase and improve the growth and quality of carrot. A research experiment was conducted at Horticulture farm, SKNCOA, Jobner, Rajasthan, India to study the effect of potassium and micronutrients on growth and quality of carrot. The study revealed that the application of potassium @ 150 kg/ha and ZnSo4 @ 0.5% significantly increased the plant height, number of leaves per plant, chlorophyll content in leaves, potassium and carotene content in roots of carrot over control.