EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF NUTRIENTS AND INTERCROPPING ON FLOWERING BEHAVIOR OF CASHEW (Anacardium occidentale L.) VARIETY VRI-2

R. PANDIYAN¹*, K. MANIVANNAN^2
1Department of Vegetable crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 003, India
²Department of Horticulture, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, 608002 India
* Corresponding Author : kalaivanipandiyan.74@rediffmail.com

Received : 17-07-2018     Accepted : 06-09-2018     Published : 15-09-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 17       Pages : 7080 - 7082
Int J Agr Sci 10.17 (2018):7080-7082

Keywords : CashewVar-VRI-2, Different levels of Nutrients, Intercrops
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to State Horticulture Farm Neyveli 4th Block and Department of Horticulture, Annamalai University Chidambaram, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

An experiment was conducted to study the effect of different level of nutrients and intercropping (Pulses) on flowering behaviour of Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) variety VRI -2 at State Horticultural Farm, Neyveli, and Tamil Nadu. The study was revealed that the application of 100% of the recommended dose of fertilizer + 100 kg of FYM and growing of cowpea as an intercrop was observed to be best which was recorded maximum total number of flowers panicle-1 (899.35), number of hermaphrodite flowers panicle-1 (65.71 and this was on par with the treatment 75% of the recommended dose of fertilizer + 100 kg of FYM and growing of cowpea as intercrop which recorded the total number of flowers panicle-1 (897.58), number of hermaphrodite flowers panicle-1 (64.56) as compared to control.

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