Qudrat Ullah Khan
Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan
Rafiq Ahmad
Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan
M. Jamil
Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan
Obaidullah Sayal
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan
Asif Latif
Department of Horticulture, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan
Abdulaziz Khakwani
Department of Agronomy, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan
Ghazanfarullah Khan
Department of Agronomy, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan
Malik Muhammad Hashim
Department of Food Science and Technology, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan
Muhammad Mamoon-ur-Rashid
Department of Entomology, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan
Muhammad Parvez
Department of Food Science and Technology, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan
ABSTRACT
To investigate the effect of different levels of potassium fertilizer with and without use of Farmyard Manure (FYM) on growth, yield and nutrition of tomato a study was carried out in year 2011 in pots. FYM was kept as main plots with five treatments of potassium (0, 60, 90, 120 and 160 kg K2O/ha) replicated four time. The results indicated that application of FYM and various K levels had significant effect on the growth, yield and nutrient content of tomatoes. The highest yield of tomatoes was (39.05 t/ha) observed in the pots receiving FYM and 41.97 t/ha was found in the treatment receiving K @ 120 kg/ha. The growth parameters including number of flowers per plant, number of fruits per plant and fruit diameter were also found significantly different by the application of FYM and K fertilizer. The mineral nutrition of tomato showed significant effect of FYM and K levels on plant P and K. FYM and K levels also significantly improved soil K content. It may be concluded that the Potassium applied @ 120 kg/ha along with the FYM was effective in improving the tomatoes attributes as well soil K content.
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Qudrat Ullah Khan, Rafiq Ahmad, M. Jamil, Obaidullah Sayal, Asif Latif, Abdulaziz Khakwani, Ghazanfarullah Khan, Malik Muhammad Hashim, Muhammad Mamoon-ur-Rashid and Muhammad Parvez, 2013. Assessment of Various Growth, Yield and Nutritional Parameters of Tomatoes as Affected by Farmyard Manure Fortified with Potassium Fertilizer. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 12: 1066-1069.
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2013.1066.1069
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2013.1066.1069
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2013.1066.1069
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2013.1066.1069
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