Author(s): PB Senta, VL Purohit, HV Vasava, RP Patel and Tejal M Chaudhari

Abstract: The experiment was conducted during the summer 2021 at Educational Farm, Polytechnic in Horticulture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh. There were eight treatment combinations replicated thrice in a randomized block design. Among the eight treatments combination tested, T3 (50% N from vermicompost + 50% N from inorganic fertilizers) produce best performance in growth parameter like leaf length (16.93 cm) and width of leaf (19.02 cm) at 65 days; days to first male flower (37.22), days to first female flower (42.59), node number of first female flower appearance (10.02), days to first picking (52.73), main vine length at last harvest (4.73 m). The yield and yield attributes viz; length of fruit (30.24 cm), weight of fruit (125.49 g), number of fruits per plot (104.71), yield per plot (13.15 kg) and per hectare (8.22 t). As well as quality parameter like, TSS (5.72 °B) and ascorbic acid content (10.65 mg 100 g^-1). Also found highest BCR (3.33) was found in the treatment T3 (50% N from vermicompost + 50% N from inorganic fertilizers). On the basis of the results obtained during present investigation, it was observed that integrated use of 50% N from vermicompost + 50% N from inorganic fertilizers essential for improving growth parameter, yield, quality and also economically viable for ridge gourd production.

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