EFFECT OF ORGANIC FARMING IN FRUITSCROPS

1. EFFECT OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMBINED APPLICATION
OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC MANURE ON
PRODUCTIVITY OF GUAVA
Treatments Yield /Plant Fruit Size Average Of Total Soluble
(Kg) (cm2) Single Fruit Solids
(g)
T1 NPK 39.56 24.75 49.60 8.8
T2 FYM 48.25 31.25 53.25 8.9
T3 NPK+ FYM 63.58 35.16 62.56 9.3
T4 NP+FYM 28.50 22.14 44.70 7.7
T5 NK+FYM 27.92 21.15 41.00 6.9
T6 PK +FYM 27.56 20.22 36.25 6.3
T7 Control 19.45 16.25 29.15 6.8
Muhammad et al., 2000

2. Influence of organic manure on maturity and fruit quality
of pineapple fruits
Treatments Maturity stage Weight /fruit TSS
(months) (kg) (%)
T1 200ml peanut 11.8 1.59 19.0
press pulp liquid
fertilizer
T2 100ml peanut press 11.13 1.38 17.2
pulp liquid fertilizer
T3 control 11.13 1.16 14.5
Liu and Liu, 2012

3. Effects of organic manure on yield and fruit quality of
Barhy datepalm cultivar
Treatments Retained fruit Bunch weight Fruit weight Yield
% (kg) (g) (kg)
T1 agri waste + 56.03 16.77 18.05 167.70
mineral fertilizer
T2 agri waste + 5% 63.27 18.33 19.17 183.30
sheep manure
T3 agri waste+ 65.67 20.13 17.03 201.30
10% sheep manure
T4 agri waste + 70.60 20.60 22.74 206.00
20% sheep manure
T5 agri waste + 77.90 21.73 24.21 217.30
40% sheep manure
Khatani and Solaiman, 2012

4. Effect of organic and inorganic manure on yield and fruit physical
characters of zaghloul datepalm
Treatments Yield Bunch weight Fruit weight
(kg) (g) (g)
T1 mineral NPK 182 19.7 33.08
T2 mineral N 178 18.7 30.34
T3 Chicken manure 208 22.6 34.87
T4 Cow dung 198 21.7 34.76
T5 Compost 179 20.4 32.62
domesticated refuse
Marzouk and Kassem, 2011