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V. SRILATHA*, B. PADMODAYA AND K. SUNIL KUMAR
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, ANGRAU, Utukur, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh- 516 003
Foliar fertilizer application efficiently meets the demand of crops during the periods of high nutrient demand particularly when nutrients become fixed in the soil. Hence, a field experiment was conducted at farmer’s field in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, to find out the efficacy of foliar application of chemical fertilizers such as borax (1%), KNO3 (6%) and CaNO3 (6%) alone or in combination, on flowering and yield of commercially important muskmelon variety Haramadhu. Combined application of nutrients were more effective in promoting early flowering, more number of fruits and higher yields than application of fertilisers independently. The plants treated with combined spraying of borax + CaNO3 and borax + KNO3 took less number of days for first staminate and pistillate flower appearance, more number of pistillate flowers/plant (50.0 and 52.50 days respectively) and recorded 57.9 and 31.6 per cent increase in number of fruits and 92.6 and 76.7 per cent higher yields, respectively compared with control (water sprays).