The experiment was conducted to study the “Effect of different types of media and containers on germination, survival, growth and establishment of papaya (Carica papaya L.) cv. Red Lady under protected condition” at Hi-tech nursery located at Centre of Excellence on Protected Cultivation and Precision Farming, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh during October to December, 2020. The experiment was setup in five levels of growing media i.e. (M0) Soil + FYM, (M1) Soil + FYM + Cocopeat (1:1:1), (M2) Soil + FYM + Vermicompost (1:1:1), (M3) Soil + FYM + Sand (1:1:1) and (M4) Soil + FYM + Poultry manure (1:1:1), (M5) Soil + FYM + Sand + Vermicompost (1:1:1:1) as well as three containers(C1) Green Bag, (C2) Black polybag and (C3) White polybag. The design used in the experiment was Factorial Complete Randomized Design with combination of 15 treatments and one control, replicated thrice. The results showed that the growing media (M5) Soil + FYM + Sand + verm

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It can be concluded that out of all the growing media, M5 i.e. Soil +FYM + Sand + Vermicompost (1:1:1:1) was observed to be the most effective for better germination of papaya seeds and also for growth, vigour and establishment of papaya seedlings in containers and in main field and was at par with M2 (Soil + FYM + Vermicompost) and M1 (Soil + FYM + Cocopeat). Similarly, among the containers used, C3 (white Polybag) showed early germination, and was better on the growth parameters and was at par with C3 (Green bag). Therefore, the combination of M5C3 i.e. Soil + FYM + Sand + Vermicompost (1:1:1:1) + (White polybag) found to be most suitable for raising the papaya seedlings as it gave better growth and survival of seedlings.

Shrivastava, P., Prasad, V.M., Panigrahi, H.K., Bahdur, V. and Singh, Y.K. (2021). Effect of different Types of Media and Containers on Germination, Survival, Growth and Establishment of Papaya (Carica papaya L.) cv. Red Lady under Protected Condition.