EFFECT OF MICRONUTRIENTS ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF TOMATO (Lycopersicon ...

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EFFECT OF MICRONUTRIENTS ON GROWTH, YIELD
AND QUALITY OF TOMATO (Lycopersicon esculentum
Mill) cv. PUSA RUBY IN HYDERABAD CONDITIONS

By

M. V. SHIVAPPA
B.Sc. (Hort.)

THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE
ACHARYA N. G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HORTICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
ACHARYA N. G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD-500 030, ANDHRA PRADESH
INDIA

August, 2005
CERTIFICATE

Mr. M. V. SHIVAPPA has satisfactorily prosecuted the course of research
and that the thesis entitled “EFFECT OF MICRONUTRIENTS ON GROWTH,
YIELD AND QUALITY OF TOMATO (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) cv.
PUSA RUBY IN HYDERABAD CONDITIONS” submitted is the result of
original research work and is of sufficiently high standard to warrant its
presentation to the examination. I also certify that the thesis or part thereof has not
been previously submitted by his for a degree of any University.

Date : (S. AMARENDER REDDY)
Place : Hyderabad Major Advisor
CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the thesis entitled “EFFECT OF MICRONUTRIENTS
ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF TOMATO (Lycopersicon
esculentum Mill) cv. PUSA RUBY IN HYDERABAD CONDITIONS” submitted
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF
SCIENCE IN HORTICULTURE of the Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural
University, Hyderabad, is a record of the bonafide research work carried out by
Mr. M. V. SHIVAPPA under our guidance and supervision. The subject of the thesis
has been approved by the Student's Advisory Committee.

No part of the thesis has been submitted for any other degree or diploma. The
published part has been fully acknowledged. All the assistance and help received
during the course of the investigations have been duly acknowledged by the author of
the thesis.

S. AMARENDER REDDY
(Chairman of the Advisory Committee)

Thesis approved by the Student's Advisory Committee.

Chairman : DR. S. AMARENDER REDDY __________________
Professor
Department of Horticulture
College of Agriculture
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-30.

Member : Dr. K. JEEVAN RAO __________________
Associate Professor
Department of Soil Science
& Agricultural Chemistry
College of Agriculture
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-30.

Member : Dr. P. SRIHARI __________________
Associate Professor
Department of Horticulture
College of Agriculture
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-30.
DECLARATION

I, Mr. M. V. SHIVAPPA hereby declare that the thesis entitled
“EFFECT OF MICRONUTRIENTS ON GROWTH, YIELD AND
QUALITY OF TOMATO (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) cv. PUSA RUBY
IN HYDERABAD CONDITIONS” submitted to Acharya N.G. Ranga
Agricultural University for the degree of 'MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
HORTICULTURE' is the result of original research work done by me. It is
further declared that the thesis or any part thereof has not been published
earlier in any manner.

Date : (M. V. SHIVAPPA)
Place : Hyderabad.
CONTENTS

CHAPTER TITLE PAGE NO.
NO.

I INTRODUCTION

II REVIEW OF LITERATURE

III MATERIALS AND METHODS

IV RESULTS

V DISCUSSION

VI SUMMARY

LITERATURE CITED

APPENDIX
LIST OF TABLES

S.No. Title Page No
3.1 Physico-chemical properties of the experimental
plot
4.1 Plant height (cm) as influenced by different
micronutrients treatments at different crop growth
stages
4.2 Number of branches days after transplanting as
influenced by different micronutrients treatments at
different crop growth stages
4.3 Days to 50% flowering as effected by different
micronutrients treatments
4.4 Number of flowers per cluster in tomato as
influenced by micronutrient treatments at different
stages
4.5 Effect of foliar application of micronutrients on
number of fruit clusters per plant
4.6 Number of fruits per plant as influenced by different
micronutrients treatments at different stages of
picking
4.7 Fruit characters per fruit as influenced by different
micronutrients treatments
4.8 Effect of micronutrients on yield attributes of tomato
4.9 Fruit quality parameters as influenced by foliar
application of micronutrient treatments
4.10 Correlation Co-efficient value between yield and
yield attributing factors
LIST OF FIGURES

Fig. Page
Title
No. No.
1 Weekly mean meteorological data during the crop
growth period
2 Lay out plan of the experimental plot
3 Effect of micronutrients on plant height at different
crop growth stages
4 Number of fruits per plant as influenced by different
micronutrients treatments at different stages of picking
5 Effect of micronutrients on cracking of the fruits
6 Effect of micronutrients on yield of tomato per hectare
7 Effect of micronutrients on vitamin ‘C’ content of
tomato fruits
8 Effect of micronutrients on TSS of tomato fruits
9 Effect of micronutrients on lycopene content of the
fruits
10 Correlation coefficient values between yield and yield
attributing factors
LIST OF PLATES

Plate Page
Title
No. No.
1 General view of the experimental plot
2 Control plot which is not sprayed by micronutrients
3 Plants sprayed with zinc and boron, third best among
the treatments
4 Plants sprayed with zinc, boron and manganese
showing good growth, flowering and yield characters,
second best among the treatments
5 Plants treated with all the four micronutrients (zinc,
boron, iron and manganese) showing good growth,
flowering and yield characters compared to all other
treatments

LIST OF APPENDIX

Plate Page
Title
No. No.
1 Weekly mean meteorological data during the
experimental period during December 2004 to April
2005
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

% - Per cent
/ - per
@ - at the rate of
0C - Degree centigrade
B - Boron
C. D - Critical difference
cm - centimeter
Cu - copper
cv - cultivar
DAP - Days after planting
DAT - Days after transplanting
dS m-1 - deci siemans per meter
DTPA - Diethylene triamine penta acetic acid
et al., - and others
Fe - Iron
FeSO - Ferrous sulphate
4
Fig - Figure
FYM - Farm Yard Manure
g - gram
i. e. - that is
kg ha-1 - kilogram per hectare
kg - Kilogram
m2 - meter square
mg kg-1 - milligram per kg
Mg - Magnesium
mg/100g - Milligram per 100 gram
ml - Milli liter
mm - millimeter
Mn - Manganese
MnSO - Manganese sulphate
4
Mo - Molybdenum
No - Number
NPK - Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potash
PCPA - Parachloro phenyoxy acetic acid
PPM - Parts per million
q - quintal
S.Em - Standard error of mean
t ha-1 - tonnes per hectare
TSS - Total soluble solids
viz., - namely
Zn - Zinc
ZnSO - Zinc sulphate
4