Vol. 7, Issue 10, Part A (2025)

A field experiment was conducted at Research Farm, Mewar University, Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) during Summer, 2025 on loamy sand soil, which consisted nine treatments viz., T₀: Control, T₁: FYM @ 18 ton/ ha, T₂: FYM @ 9 ton + NPK 40:20:20 kg/ha (25% RDF), T₃: Vermicompost @ 4 ton/ha, T₄: Vermicompost @ 2 ton + NPK 40:20:20 kg/ha (25% RDF) T₅: Poultry manure @ 3 ton/ha, T₆: Poultry manure @ NPK 40:20:20 kg/ha (25% RDF), T₇: Neem cake 0.4 ton/ ha, T₈: Neem cake 0.2 ton + NPK 40:20:20 kg/ha (25% RDF) Randomized Block Design (RBD). The round gourd variety “Arka Tinda” was used for experiment.

Results clearly showed that growth attributes viz., vine length (cm), appearance of 1^st female flowers and whereas yield attributes and yields viz., maximum yield parameters viz. fruit weight, number of fruits/plant and total yield significantly higher recorded under T₆: Poultry manure @ 1.5 ton + NPK 40:20:20 kg/ha (25% RDF) over control and remained at par with, T₄: Vermicompost @ 2 ton + NPK 40:20:20 kg/ha (25% RDF).