Effects of TA41 on Growth, Yield and Quality of Brinjal

Abstract

An experiment was conducted during 2021 to study the effect of TA41 on growth, yield and quality of brinjal cv. Kashi Sandesh at Vegetable farm, Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Prayagraj (UP). There were 10 treatments 9 are consisting of different attributes of TA41 and water was used as control. The treatment is spayed at 30 and 45 days after transplanting. All the treatments were replicated three times in a randomized block design keeping the plot size 1mx2m. The treatment T6 (soil drenching of TA41 @ 20ml /L + foliar spray 40ml /L) found the best performances. The maximum Plant height (63.67), Number of leaves per plant (59.74), leaf length (36.76 cm), leaf width (26.76cm). days of first flowering (75.85), no of flowers per plant (20.81), fruit length (8.05cm), fruit width(39.74mm), no of fruits per plant (17.22), fruit yield per plant (1449.33g), average fresh weight of fruit (151.97g), yield per hectare (805.35q/ha), TSS (5.67 Brix), shelf life of fruits (4.11), fruit borer (8.67%), leaf miner (1.00%), little leaf (1.00%), Phomopsis blight (8.33%). The significantly higher gross return (Rs 805350/ha), net profit (Rs 649760/ha) and B:C ratio (5.17) was recorded under T6 (soil drenching of TA41 @ 20ml /L + foliar spray 40ml /L. Overall results revealed that the application of TA41as soil drenching of TA41 @ 20ml /L + foliar spray 40ml /L proved to be better for different growth, yield and quality traits in brinjal.