International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 3
First page : (944) Last page : (952)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.3087
Effect of Orchard Floor Management Practices on Growth, Yield and Quality Attributes of Apple cv. Royal Delicious
Shabber Hussain1*, M. K. Sharma1, P. Tundup2, M. Ali2, S. Hussain3 and Danish Bashir3
1Division of fruit science, 2Division of Soil Science and 3Division of Vegetable Science
Faculty of Horticulture, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, J&K-190025
*Corresponding Author E-mail: hshabir786.sh@gmail.com
Received: 5.06.2017 | Revised: 16.06.2017 | Accepted: 18.06.2017
ABSTRACT
The present investigation entitled “Effect of orchard floor management practices on growth, yield and quality attributes of apple cv. Royal Delicious” was carried out on a 19-year-old private apple orchard at Arabal, Shalimar Srinagar during the years 2015 and 2016. Fourty five trees of uniform growth and vigour were selected for experimentation. The effects of fifteen orchard floor management practices were studied on apple cv. Royal Delicious. The treatments were replicated thrice in Factorial Randomized Complete Block Design. The results revealed that highest growth characteristics like annual shoot extension growth (49.3 cm and 50.2 cm), plant height (4.90 m and 5.02 m), plant spread (3.87 m and 3.89 m), and leaf area (77.83 cm2 and 78.57 cm2) were observed with paddy straw mulch glyphosate. Maximum fruit yield (82.03 kg/tree and 80.60 kg/tree) was recorded under paddy straw mulch followed by glyphosate. Various fruit physical characteristics viz. fruit weight, fruit length and fruit diameter were significantly improved by paddy straw mulch followed by glyphosate and fruit colour with bicolour polythene mulch. Similarly, various chemical characterizes like TSS, acidity and total sugars were also significantly influenced by treatments like bicolour polythene mulch followed by paddy straw mulch followed by glyphosate.
Key words: Apple production, straw mulch, polythene mulch, cover crop, herbicides, yield, quality.
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Cite this article: Hussain, S., Sharma, M.K., Tundup, P., Ali, M., Hussain, S. and Bashir, D., Effect of Orchard Floor Management Practices on Growth, Yield and Quality Attributes of Apple cv. Royal Delicious, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(3): 944-952 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.3087
