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Varietal response of okra to fertilizer and plant density
(College of Agriculture Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, 2003) Ramphal; Singh, Avtar
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Studies on the effect of storage conditions on the shelf life of tomato
(College of Agriculture Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, 2003) Elangovan, R.; Batra, Vinod
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Effect of pinching and plant growth regulators on bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.] production
(CCSHAU, 2017) Surender, Mittal; Makhan Lal
Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) is a member of cucurbitaceae family. This is a monoecious, annual, trailing or climbing vine with hairy stems, long forked tendrils, bears hard-shelled fruits with very distinct (long oblong-round and miscellaneous) and fruit size is diverse with colour being dark green to green-white. Bottle gourd is one of the excellent fruits gifted by the nature to human beings having composition of all the essential constituents that are required for good health and quality human life. It is grown in rainy season and as well as summer season vegetable and its fruits are available in the market throughout the year. Flowering in bottle gourd is very important phase of development because fruiting and yield both depends on this stage. Reduced production of female flowers in proportion to male is the main handicap in decreasing fruit production in this monoecious crop. It ultimately affects the economics of farmers.It can be compensated by some mechanical techniques like pinching and chemical practices like use of plant growth regulators.This study was conduct to examine the effect of pinching and plant growth regulators on bottle gourd production. This experiment was conducted at Research Farm of Department of Vegetable Science in Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during to find out the effect of pinching and plant growth regulators on growth, yield and economics of bottle gourd during 2016-2017. The treatments comprising three levels of pinching (no pinching, pinching at 4th node and pinching at 6th node) and five concentrations of plant growth regulators (Ethrel @ 100 ppm, Ethrel @ 200 ppm, GA3 @ 25ppm and GA3 @ 50 ppm) with control (water spray) were laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications. The seeds of variety Pusa Summer Prolifc Long (PSPL) were sown at the spacing of 2.5 m between rows and 0.60 m between plants. Ethrel @ 200 ppm and pinching at 6th node significantly increases number of branches per vine, days to first male flower appearance, number of female flowers, fruit length, diameter , weight, number of fruits, yield and reduce the inter-nodal distance, number of node at which first female flower appearance, days to first female flower appearance, number of male flower and sex ratio followed by ethrel @100 ppm and pinching was done at 4th node. Whereas, GA3 @ 25 and 50 ppm also significantly influence the growth, floral and yield parameters of bottle gourd. GA3 @ 50 ppm maximum increase fruit length followed by GA3 @ 25 ppm. The highest net returns (Rs. 153835) with benefit cost ratio (2.72) for bottle gourd crop were obtained by pinching at 6th node with application of ethrel @ 200 ppm followed by net returns (Rs. 147535) with benefit cost ratio (2.65) when pinching at 4th node was done with ethrel spray @ 200 ppm.
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Effect of gibberellic acid on seed production of coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.)
(CCSHAU, 2017) Sachin Kumar; Malik, T.P.
The experiment entitled “Effect of gibberellic acid on seed production of coriander (Coriandrum Sativum L.) was conducted during Rabi season of 2016 -17 at Research Farm of the Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. The seed material used for the investigation was varieties Hisar Sugandh (DH-36) and Hisar Bhoomit (DH-228). In the present experiment, gibberellic acid concentration 50 ppm was sprayed at three different stages of crop growth (Seed soaking, Spray at leaf stage and Spray at 50% flowering stage). Sixteen treatment combinations laid out in Randomized Block Design were replicated thrice making total of 48 plots. Based on the experimental results, it was concluded that application of gibberellic acid improved the growth, yield and quality of coriander seeds. Seed soaking + Spray at leaf stage + Spray at 50% flowering stage was the right combination for gibberellic acid application to improve the growth and yield of coriander and the quality of coriander seed. In case of spray at two stage, (Seed soaking + Spray at leaf stage) was the right combination to improve the biological yield, whereas, (Spray at leaf stage + Spray at 50% flowering) was the right combination to improve the seed yield and quality like test weight, germination (%), vigor index-I and vigor index-II. With the combination of Seed soaking + Spray at leaf stage + Spray at 50% flowering, the variety Hisar Sugandh found better for seed yield.
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Effect of nitrogen application in drip irrigated tomato
(CCSHAU, 2017) Mehta, Ankit; Makhan Lal
Tomato is one of the most popular vegetable crops and rich source of vitamin A and C, it serves as an anti-oxidant as the B-carotene functions help to prevent and neutralize free radical chain reactions. Proper management and use of water and fertilizer is of paramount importance for production of crop. Fertigation is known to have better fertilizer as well as water use efficiency as compared to other method of fertilizer and water application. This study was conducted to examine the effect of different nitrogen levels and its fertigation frequency on tomato crop. Experiment was conducted at Precision Farming Development Centre and laboratories of Department of Vegetable Science and Agronomy in ChaudharyCharan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. The experimental layout was carried out in factorial randomized block design with three replications, treatments comprising of three levels of nitrogen (80, 100 and 120 kg/ha) and three fertigations frequency (Every 3rd, 5th and 7th day) and total 9 treatment combinations. Fertigation with 80 kg/ha of nitrogen level with every 3rd day frequency significantly enhanced the growth, flowering and fruiting characters like number of branches per plant, number of flowers per cluster, number of clusters per plant, number of fruits per truss, number of fruits per plant, fruit weight, total marketable yield and total yield of tomato which was at par with 100 kg/ha of nitrogen level. This treatment also reported to significantly increase quality characters like TSS, ascorbic acid content and juice percentage, while maximum titrable acidity was recorded at 120 kg/ha of nitrogen level. N uptake by crop was significantly affected by different nitrogen levels and fertigation frequency. Maximum N uptake by tomato crop was observed where nitrogen was applied 80 kg/ha in drip irrigated tomato and in every 3rdfertigation frequency. The highest net returns (Rs. 2,11,382) with benefit cost ratio (2.49) for tomato crop were obtained at 80 kg/ha of nitrogen level with every 3rd day frequency followed by 100 kg/ha of nitrogen level (Rs. 2,06,513) with benefit cost ratio (2.43) in every 3rd day frequency.
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Effect of intercropping on growth and yield of brinjal and palak
(CCSHAU, 2017) Sangeet Kumar; Dhankhar, Surender Kumar
The present investigation entitled “Effect of intercropping on growth and yield of brinjal and palak” was carried out at Research Farm of the Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during autumn-winter season of 2016-17. The experimental treatments viz., T1-brinjal sole crop of 60 X 60 cm , T2-palak (sole) 20 X 5cm, T3-paired row brinjal sole crop 30/at spacing of 60 X 60 cm , T4-brinjal + palak (broadcasting) T5-brinjal + palak single row, T6-brinjal + palak two rows, T7-brinjal + palak three rows, T8-paired row brinjal + palak single row, T9-paired row brinjal + palak two rows, T10-paired row brinjal + palak three rows and T11-paired row brinjal + palak four rows were laid out in a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications. Based on the research investigation it was found that the intercropping of palak with brinjal significantly decreased plant height (cm), number of fruits per plant, fruit characters, days to first picking and total fruit yield (q/ha) in brinjal and leaf length, petiole length, leaf width, stem length, days to harvesting and leaf yield (q/ha) in palak. Growth and yield attributes of sole brinjal (60 X 60 cm) and sole palak (20 X 5 cm) exceeded over rest of the treatments due to minimum competition. Brinjal + palak single row gave highest net returns (Rs. 222652) and B: C Ratio (3.76) due to low cost of production, followed by treatment paired row brinjal + palak (two rows) with Net returns (Rs. 218052) and B: C Ratio (3.52). Also Paired row brinjal + palak (two rows) intercropping system gave highest LER (1.84), ATER (1.46), maximum Gross returns (Rs. 304598), BEY (507.6 q/ha) and PEY (217.6 q/ha) followed by treatment Brinjal + palak single row with LER (1.76), ATER (1.43), Gross return (Rs. 303442), BEY(505.6n q/ha) and PEY(216.7 q/ha). It has been concluded that brinjal normal or paired row intercropped with palak single row could be more remunerative for earning maximum net returns than the brinjal sole crop.
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Effect of seed rate and row spacing on quality seed production of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.)
(CCSHAU, 2017) Pawan Kumar; Phor, S.K.
The experiment entitled Effect of seed rate and row spacing on quality seed production of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.) was conducted at Research Farm of Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during winter season of 2016-17. The seed material used for the experiment was a released variety Hisar Sonali. The investigation comprising of five different seed rate (16, 18, 20, 22 and 24kg/ha) and three row spacing (20, 30 and 40cm) was laid out in a factorial randomized block design with three replications with a plot size of 2.4 x 4.0m. Ten competitive plants are selected randomly from each plot to record data on various attributes, which were affected significantly with different seed rate and row spacing. Seed rate resulted significant improvement in all the growth, seed yield and seed quality parameters. The uppermost value for number of branches per plant, days to 50% flowering, number of pods per plant, pod length, number of seeds per pod, test weight and germination percentage were recorded with seed rate of 16kg/ha. However, the plant height, biological yield, harvest index, seedling length, seedling dry weight, vigour index-I and vigour index-II were recorded utmost at seed rate of 24kg/ha. Whereas, the highest seed yield per plot and per hectare were recorded with a seed rate of 20kg/ha. Different row spacing had a significant effect on growth, seed yield and seed quality parameters. The maximum value for plant height was recorded with row spacing of 20cm. The number of branches per plant, days to 50% flowering, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, pod length, seed yield per plot and per hectare, biological yield, harvest index, test weight, germination percentage, seedling length, seedling dry weight, vigour index-I and vigour index-II were recorded highest with a row spacing of 40cm. Interaction of various seed rates with different row spacing results remarkable variation for growth, seed yield and seed quality parameters. Significantly highest value were recorded for number of branches per plant, number of pods per plant, pod length, number of seeds per pod, test weight and germination percentage with treatment combination S1R3, i.e. seed rate 16kg/ha and row spacing of 40cm. The treatment combination S5R3, i.e. seed rate 24kg/ha and row spacing of 40cm, was found to be best with respect to biological yield, harvest index, seedling length, seedling dry weight, vigour index-I and vigour index-II. However, the maximum seed yield per plot and per hectare recorded with treatment combination S3R3, i.e. seed rate 20kg/ha and row spacing of 40cm.
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Effect of crop residues incorporation, organic manure and biofertilizer on potato production
(CCSHAU, 2017) Udayvir; Bhatia, A.K.
The present investigation entitled "Effect of crop residues incorporation, organic manure and biofertilizer on potato production" was carried out by using cv. Kufri Bahar and the experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design replicated four times of each treatment combination at Research Farm of the Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during winter season of 2015-16. The experiment comprised of eleven treatments with plant spacing (60x20 cm) and a net plot size of 3.6 x 3.6 m. Five competitive plants were selected randomly from each experimental treatment to record data on various parameters. The eleven treatments viz., T1- RDF (150:50:100), T2- crop residues, T3- FYM 25 t/ha, T4- vermicompost 7.5 t/ha, T5- AZO + PSB, T6- crop residues + FYM 25 t/ha, T7- crop residues + vermicompost 7.5 t/ha, T8- crop residues + AZO + PSB, T9- crop residues + AZO + PSB + FYM 25 t/ha, T10- crop residues + AZO + PSB + vermicompost 7.5 t/ha and T11- absolute control. The different growth, yield parameters and yield of potato were recorded at respective growth intervals. Tuber yield and nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium uptake of potato was observed after harvest. Initial and post-harvest soil samples were analyzed to know the initial and post-harvest fertility status of the soil. Analysis of variance showed significant differences among the treatments combinations for all the characters studied except harvest index. Based on the finding of one season study conducted during winter (Rabi) season 2015-16, it may be concluded that incorporation of crop residues + Azotobacter & Phosphobacteria + FYM @ 25 t/ha applied in potato produced highest total tuber yield (363 q/ha) as well as marketable yield (324 q/ha). Maximum net return (Rs. 2,51,142/ha) and benefit cost ratio (4.45), was found in treatment incorporation of crop residues + Azotobacter & Phosphobacteria + FYM @ 25 t/ha under hisar condition.
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Genetic characterization and divergence studies in bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.]
(CCSHAU, 2017) Panigrahi, Ipsita; Duhan, D.S.
A field experiment entitled “Genetic characterization and divergence studies in bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria ( Mol.) Standl. ]” comprising of 37 genotypes was conducted at Research Farm of the Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during rainy 2016. The genotypes were planted in randomized block design with three replications. The data recorded were subjected to statistical analysis. Considerable amount of variability was noticed for the 16 quantitative traits as indicated by the analysis of variance. High estimates of GCV and PCV were recorded diameter of fruit, length of fruit, weight of 100 seeds, no. of fruits per vine, number of primary branches, nodes to first male flower, fruit yield per vine, leaf length, nodes to first female flower and fruit yield per vine. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance as percent of mean was observed for diameter of fruit, length of fruit and weight of hundred seed that these traits were under the strong influence of additive gene action The fruit yield per vine and per hectare had positive and highly significant correlation with most of the characters viz., number of primary branches, vine length, number of fruits per vine and length of fruit. Fruit yield per vine and yield per hectare were also positively correlated with each other at both genotypic and phenotypic level. Path coefficient days to first female flower opening, number of primary branches, leaf width, days to fruit harvest, nodes to first female flower, fruit yield per plant, number of fruits per vine and weight of seeds. The maximum intercluster distance was observed between clusters within a range of 9.75 to 22.49. Cluster VII and cluster VIII showed maximum inter cluster distance of 21.37, indicating that in these clusters had maximum divergence. Hence hybridization between the genotypes included in these different clusters may give high heterotic responses and thus better segregants. The lowest inter cluster distance was noticed between cluster II and IV (14.87), followed by that presented between cluster IV and V (14.99), indicating the close relationship among the genotypes included in these clusters. The genotypes viz., GH-48, GH-54, GH-58, Rajender Chamatkar and GH-55 based on yield and yield contributing characters were found promising for future improvement programme.

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