Effect of Organic Manures on Yield and Quality Characteristics of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Cv. Bhagwa

Abstract

The research work carried out during Mrig bahar (July to December) in 2019 and 2020 at Technology park, CTAE and laboratories of Department of Horticulture, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur (Rajasthan). It was conducted to investigate the effect of organic manures on yield and quality characteristics of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cv. Bhagwa. For this purpose selected 6 years old 42 pomegranate plants consisted of 14 treatments with different organic manures which are tested with randomized block design with three replications. Results showed that among all the treatments, the organic combination T13 - Jeevamrut 16.08 L plant-1 + Vermicompost 24.79 kg plant-1 has recorded significantly effect on fruit quality characteristics found maximum total soluble solids (13.54 oBrix), ascorbic acid (19.05 mg/100 ml juice) and reducing sugar (9.68 %), which was at par with treatment T2- RDF recorded total soluble solids (13.45 oBrix), ascorbic acid (18.92 mg/100 ml juice) and reducing sugar (9.63%). But, fruit yield characteristics like fruit volume (191.67 cm3) was found maximum in treatment T2- RDF which was at par with treatment T13 - Jeevamrut 16.08 L plant-1 + Vermicompost 24.79 kg plant-1  (190.50 cm3) on pooled data basis of both the year 2019 and 2020. It may be concluded that organic treatment is best for improving the quality as well similar yield as compare to inorganic treatment.