Effect of Organic Manure and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Enriched Biocapsules on Growth Yield and Quality of Cape Gooseberry (Physalis Peruviana L.)

Abstract

The present experiment was conducted at Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj. Prayagraj during the session 2023 - 2024. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications, and the study consists of ten treatment combinations including control by using different Effect of organic manure and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria enriched biocapsules on growth yield and quality of cape gooseberry. The best treatment was T8 (Poultry manure @0.56 kg + 500 PPM Biocapsule) &T7 (Green manure @1.12 kg + 500 PPM Biocapsule) which shows highest values in all the parameters viz., plant height (85.80 cm), number of leaf/plant (71.76), Leaf area (cm2) (64.62 cm2), Days to anthesis of 1st flower after planting (35.75), Flowering duration (138.36), flower/plant (118.86), Fruit setting after flowering (8.91), fruit set to maturity (50.10), 1st fruit harvesting (101.16), fruit/plant(84.00) fruit weight (10.77 g), fruit yield/plant (400.68 kg), TSS (17.68 %), Ascorbic acid (61.22 mg/100g), Acidity (0.49 %), total sugar (12.39 %). All the treatments were significantly superior in their growth, flowering, fruit yield and quality of cape gooseberry over control (T0) and (T9).