Effect of Micronutrients on Yield of Acid Lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) cv. Kagzi Lime
D. M. Dabhi *
Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Jagudan, Mehsana, Gujarat, India.
M. V. Patel
Department of Horticulture, C. P. College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Gujarat, India.
N. K. Joshi
Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Jagudan, Mehsana, Gujarat, India.
T. D. Gurjar
Department of Fruit Science, ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India.
Mukesh Kumar
College of Horticulture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Jagudan, Mehsana, Gujarat, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present investigation was carried out during Ambe bahar 2019 at Horticultural Instructional Farm, C. P. College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, District: Banaskantha, Gujarat. The present experiment consist fifteen treatments with three replications which was laid out in a Randomized Block Design. The findings of the present studies indicated that the treatment ZnSO4 0.5% + FeSO4 0.5% + Borax 0.2% (T8) was significantly superior with respect to yield over rest of the other treatments. Further, results revealed that the maximum fruit diameter (4.58 cm), average fruit weight (44.06 g), fruit volume (43.83 cc), number of fruit per tree (946), fruit yield (41.68 kg per tree) and total fruit yield (115.46 quintal per hectare) were recorded with treatment ZnSO4 0.5% + FeSO4 0.5% + Borax 0.2% (T8) as compared to other treatments.
Keywords: Micronutrients, yield, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, borax, acid lime