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Lemon Cv. Assam Lemon (Citrus limon Burm.) Quality and Soil-Leaf Nutrient Availability Affected by Different Pruning Intensities and Nutrient Management


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1 Department of Fruits and Orchard Management, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia 741 252, India
2 Department of Pomology and Post Harvest Technology, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar 736 165, India
3 Department of Agronomy, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar 736 165, India
4 Department of Plantation Crops and Processing, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar 736 165, India
5 Department of Agricultural Statistics, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar 736 165, India
 

A field experiment was laid out in two factorial randomized block design with four levels of pruning and seven levels of nutrients, consisting recommended dose of fertilizers and different combinations of organic manure (vermicompost), inorganic fertilizer, bio-fertilizer (azotobacter), mycorrhiza (VAM) and their interaction between 2013 and 2015 on 9-year-old lemon plants. Studies revealed that all physicochemical parameters, viz. fruit weight, puncture force, total soluble solid, total sugar, ascorbic acid were highest in (P3N4) combination of higher level of pruning. However, the maximum availability of leaf and soil nutrients was recorded in N4.

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Lemon, Nutrient Management, Pruning, Soil-Leaf Nutrient Availability, Yield and Quality.
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Authors

Arkendu Ghosh
Department of Fruits and Orchard Management, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia 741 252, India
K. Dey
Department of Fruits and Orchard Management, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia 741 252, India
N. Bhowmick
Department of Pomology and Post Harvest Technology, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar 736 165, India
S. K. Ghosh
Department of Pomology and Post Harvest Technology, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar 736 165, India
S. Bandyopadhyay
Department of Agronomy, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar 736 165, India
P. S. Medda
Department of Plantation Crops and Processing, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar 736 165, India
A. Ghosh
Department of Agricultural Statistics, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar 736 165, India

Abstract


A field experiment was laid out in two factorial randomized block design with four levels of pruning and seven levels of nutrients, consisting recommended dose of fertilizers and different combinations of organic manure (vermicompost), inorganic fertilizer, bio-fertilizer (azotobacter), mycorrhiza (VAM) and their interaction between 2013 and 2015 on 9-year-old lemon plants. Studies revealed that all physicochemical parameters, viz. fruit weight, puncture force, total soluble solid, total sugar, ascorbic acid were highest in (P3N4) combination of higher level of pruning. However, the maximum availability of leaf and soil nutrients was recorded in N4.

Keywords


Lemon, Nutrient Management, Pruning, Soil-Leaf Nutrient Availability, Yield and Quality.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv112%2Fi10%2F2051-2065