Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) belongs to

family Solanaceae, is an annual vegetable crop grown

throughout the world and ranks second in importance

after potato. The tomato is believed to have been originated

in central Africa and south America (Vavilov, 1951). In India it

is an introduced crop and in being grown on an area of 571.700

hectare with annual production of 10260.6000 metric tonnes

(Anonymous, 2008). In Jammu and Kashmir states, tomato is

grown on an area of 1.700 ha with an annual production of

37000 metric tonnes (Anonymous, 2008). With the introduction

of hybrids the demand for nutrients has significantly increased

because of their tremendous yield potential as compared to

traditional varieties thus, for harvesting higher yield in hybrids

adequate nutrient supply is a pre-requisite, which can be met

both from organic as well as inorganic sources. It has been

observed that neither the chemical sources of nutrients nor

the organic sources are able to sustain the soil productivity.

Present investigation was undertaken under Kashmir

conditions, to assess the beneficial effects of organic and

inorganic sources of plant nutrients both as sole applications

as well as in conjugation on Shalimar tomato hybrid-1.

Members of the Research Forum

Associated Authors:1Division of Vegetable Science,

Sher-e-Kashmir, University of

Agricultural Sciences and

Technology (K), Shalimar,

SRINAGAR (J&K) INDIA

HIND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE

RESEARCH METHODS

The experiment was carried out in a Randomized

Completely Block Design (RCBD) during Kharif 2009 and 2010

at Experimental Farm of Division of Vegetable Science,

SKUAST-Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir. The test crop was

tomato (Shalimar tomato hybrid-1), the treatments were T1

(RFD) (N = 190 kg ha-1, P2O

5 = 150 kg ha-1, K

2O = 110 kg ha-1),

T2 = (FYM = 38 t ha-1), T

3 (SM = 32 t ha-1), T

4 (PM = 7 t ha-1), T

5

(VC = 14 t ha-1), T6 (biofertilizers @ 2.5 kg ha-1), T

7 (FYM 50 %

+ RFD 50 %), T8 (SM 50 % + RFD 50 %), T

9 (PM 50 % + RFD 50

%), T10

(VC 50 % + RFD 50%), T11

(biofertilizer @ 2.5 kg soil

inoculation + RFD 50%) and T12

(control). The growth and

yield parameters were estimated in field conditions and

according to the results, the different treatments showed

variation in growth and yield parameters. Five plants were

selected randomly from each unit plot. The data obtained were

statistically analysed and LSD were calculated.

RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

The results obtained from the present investigation as

well as relevant discussion have been summarised under

Influence of organic and inorganic nutrients on growth and

yield attributes of tomato

M. MUDASIR MAGRAY, M.A. CHATTOO1, S. FAHEEMA1, K.P. WANI1 AND

F.A. PARRY1

Article history :

Received : 27.04.2012

Revised : 12.09.2012

Accepted : 13.10.2012

Author for correspondence :

M. MUDASIR MAGRAY

Division of Vegetable Science, Sher-

e-Kashmir, University of

Agricultural Sciences and

Technology (K), Shalimar,

SRINAGAR (J&K) INDIA

ABSTRACT : An experiment was carried at the experimental field of Division of Vegetable Science,

SKUAST-Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir during Kharif seasons of 2009 and 2010, to study the influence

of organic and inorganic nutrients on growth and yield attributes of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum

Mill). In the light of experimental results it was concluded that, among different treatment combinations

of inorganic and organic sources of plant nutrients treatment combination T9 (3.5 t PM + 95 N: 75 P

2O

5

: 55 K2O kg ha-1) recorded significantly higher values of growth and yield attributing characters, besides

improvement in soil characteristics.

KEY WORDS : Organic manure, Yield, Tomato, Growth

HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE : Mudasir Magray, M., Chattoo, M.A., Faheema, S., Wani, K.P. and Parry, F.A.

(2012). Influence of organic and inorganic nutrients on growth and yield attributes of tomato, Asian J.

Hort., 7(2) : 337-339.

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Research Paper

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following heads:

Growth parameters:

Influence of organic and inorganic nutrients on growth

related attributes of tomato. Pooled data presented in Table 1

revealed that maximum value for plant height (130.06 cm) and

number of branches plant-1 (11.46), was observed in treatment

T9 (3.5 t PM + 95 N : 75 P

2O

5 : 55 K

2O kg ha-1). Among sole

application of organics, treatment T4 (PM = 7 t ha-1) recorded

higher values for plant height (96.50 cm) and number of

branches plant-1 (8.49) followed by T5.

These results are in confirmity with those of Jose et al.

(1988) in brinjal, Harikrishna et al. (2003) in tomato, Magray

(2003) in capsicum.

Yield attributes:

The pooled data presented in Table 2 revealed that

significantly higher values for number of fruits plant-1 (62.31),

fruit diameter (5.25 cm), average fruit weight (59.75 g) and fruit

yield ha-1 (533.41 q) was observed in treatment T9 (3.5 t PM +

95 N: 75 P2O

5 : 55 K

2O kg ha-1) followed by T

10.

Among sole application of organic sources, T4 (PM = 7

t ha-1) recorded higher values (47.13, 4.59 cm, 53.86 g, 388.05

q) for number of fruits plant-1, fruit diameter, average fruit

weight, fruit yield ha-1, respectively.

Integration of different organic sources and inorganic

sources of plant nutrients exhibited an increase in yield and

yield related attributes of tomato. This is possibly due to

balanced C:N ratio, more decomposition, more mineralization,

more availability of native and applied macro and micro-

nutrients. All these might have accelerated the synthesis of

carbohydrates and its better translocation from sink to source

might have led to an improvement in yield and yield related

attributes.

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