PJB-2024-202
EFFECT OF ORGANIC FERTILIZERS ON POTATO CULTIVARS IN PARACHINAR (DISTRICT KURRAM)
Iqrar Hussain
Abstract
To find out the effect of organic fertilizer on potato cultivars, an experiment was conducted at Horticulture Nursery Farm, Agriculture Department Parachinar, Kurram Agency, during 2023. The experiment consists of two factors including organic manures (Leaf mold, Farmyard manure and Poultry manure), at the rates of 10 tons ha-1 each, and control treatment, with three potato cultivars (Burna, Desiree and Cardinal). The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block (RCB) Design with three replications. Both organic fertilizer and cultivars significantly affected potato growth and quality. Among all the organic fertilizers, compost fertilizer showed maximum sprouting percentage (57.77 %), number of tuber plant-1 (5.22), tubers weight plant-1 (0.659 g), tuber diameter (3.28 cm), tuber yield ha-1 (25.57 tons) and minimum days to emergence (17.44 days). Among the three cultivars, Desiree showed maximum sprouting percentage (62.08 %), number of tubers plant-1 (4.58), tuber weight plant-1 (0.55 g), tuber diameter (2.970 cm) tuber yield ha-1 (25.01 tons) and minimum day to emergence (19.08 days) from soil. From these results, it was concluded that, leaf mold fertilizer and among three potato cultivars, Desiree showed better performance in the selected area and is recommended for the agro climatic conditions of Parachinar, Kurrum agency.
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