Effect of Foliar Application of Water Soluble Fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Hybrid Tomato cv. Phule Raja

Abstract

The investigation was conducted on hybrid tomato cv. Phule Raja at Tomato Improvement Scheme, MPKV., Rahuri during rabi season of 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20. Foliar application of three water soluble fertilizers NPK 19:19:19, 00:52:34 and 13:00:45 at different crop growth stages and in different concentrations was experimented along with soil application of gross recommended fertilizer dose for hybrid tomato. The experiments were laid out in a randomized block design with eleven treatments and three replications. The results of the experiments revealed that The maximum plant height( 177.79 cm), fruit Weight (87.98 g), pericarp thickness (6.65 mm), equatorial diameter (5.09 cm) and Yield (2.07 kg plant-1, 73.03 kg plot-1 and 61.41 t ha-1) recorded in treatment T5 i.e. combination of 87.5% GRDF i.e. 262.5:131.25:131.25 kg NPK ha-1 with foliar application of WSF 19:19:19 (1.5%) at 15, 30 and 45 DAT, 00:52:34 (1.5%) at 60, 75 and 90 DAT and 13:00:45(1.5%) at 105 and 120 DAT.