Effect of different levels of N: P: K, vermicompost and FYM on establishment of karonda under Prayagraj agroclimatic condition

Abstract

Karonda is botanically known as Carissa carandas from the family Apocynaceae. Karonda is a medium-sized, thorny shrub. It has a greenish white bark on young shoots and greyish brown on mature stems. An experiment entitled Effect of different levels of NPK, Vermicompost and FYM on establishment of karonda under Prayagraj agroclimatic condition was carried out at Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj. The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with eight treatments in which one being the control and three replications. The different ratio of treatments is maintained. The result revealed that at monthly interval, the treatment T5 RDF+Soil+Vermicompost+FYM (1:2:1) was found to be significantly promising with respect to maximum plant height (44.62) cm, maximum number of leaves (41.75), maximum stem diameter (7.39) mm, maximum root length (11.59) cm, was observed in establishment of Karonda.