Effect of Pit Size, Spacing, Growth Regulators and Fertilizers on Commercial Cultivation of Cut Foliages of Murraya exotica

Author: Ruchita Panda, Siddharth Kumar Palai, Sashikala Beura, Pradyumna Tripathy, Prasanna Kumar Samant and K. Raja Babu

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Abstract

Murraya exotica is an important cut foliage, but no systematic work has been done to standardize agro-techniques for its commercial cultivation. Therefore, it is felt necessary to examine the effect of spacing, pit size, fertilizers and growth regulators on vegetative growth and foliage yield for commercial cultivation of Murraya exotica. The present investigation was conducted during the year 2019-2021 at Horticulture Research Station, College of Agriculture, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The experiment laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 4 replications. The experiment was conducted in 6 modules comprising of different spacing, pit size, FYM, basal fertilizer dose, water soluble fertilizers and growth regulator (BAP). Results revealed that, Module – VI (spacing - 210cm × 210cm; pit size - 60cm × 60cm × 60cm; FYM - 25Kg/pit; basal fertilizer dose - N: P2O5: K2O @ 40:40:40 g/plant; foliar application of water soluble fertilizer- NPK 19:19:19 @ 0.2% and BAP- 150 ppm) recorded significant increase in vegetative growth parameters like plant height (126.76 cm),stem diameter (28.88 cm), length of branch (58.28 cm), number of primary branches (21.33), number of secondary branches (36.38), internodal length (4.70 cm), number of tertiary branches (68.20), number of harvestable branches (95.33) and foliage yield/plant (2.699 kg). However, the yield per hectare (6.12 t/ha) was reported maximum in module-I (spacing - 90cm × 90cm; pit size – 20cm × 20cm × 20cm; FYM - 5Kg/pit; basal fertilizer dose - N: P2O5: K2O @ 5:5:5 g/plant; foliar application of water soluble fertilizer- NPK 19:19:19 @ 0.1% and BAP- 25 ppm).

Keywords

6-Benzyl amino purine, module, spacing, pit size, water soluble fertilizer, foliage yield

Conclusion

From the present study, it can be concluded that spacing, pit size, application of inorganic (N: P2O5: K2O), organic (FYM), water soluble fertilizers (NPK 19:19:19) and growth regulator (BAP) play significant role in improving the growth and quality of Murraya exotica. Vegetative growth and foliage yield per plant was maximum in Module-VI but, yield per hectare was maximum in Module-I because of highest plant population per hectare. Adoption of Module-I is recommended for commercial cultivation of cut foliages.

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Ruchita Panda, Siddharth Kumar Palai, Sashikala Beura, Pradyumna Tripathy, Prasanna Kumar Samant and K. Raja Babu (2022). Effect of Pit Size, Spacing, Growth Regulators and Fertilizers on Commercial Cultivation of Cut Foliages of Murraya exotica. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(4): 1393-1396.