Namrata Acharya¹ , Hari Prasad Ghimire¹ , Rejina Sapkota¹ , Subina Acharya^1,2 , Suwas Dahal¹ , Pariwesh Gnyawali^1,3

1 Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, 44209, Nepal
2 Department of Soil Science, Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, 44209, Nepal
3 Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, 44209, Nepal
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International Journal of Horticulture, 2025, Vol. 15, No. 3   doi: 10.5376/ijh.2025.15.0011
Received: 01 Jan., 2025    Accepted: 30 Mar., 2025    Published: 12 May, 2025

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Acharya N., Ghimire H.P., Sapkota R., Acharya S., Dahal S., and Gnyawali P., 2025, Effect of integrated nutrient management on growth and yield of tomato, International Journal of Horticulture, 15(3): 99-104 (doi: 10.5376/ijh.2025.15.0011)

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of integrated nutrient management on growth and yield of tomato. The effect of eight different types of nutrient sources were studied using randomized complete block design with three replications. Data on growth and yield parameters were taken from five randomly selected plants in each plot. The plant height was found higher in the treatment of integrated nutrient in all stages. Similarly, number of fruit clusters / plant (8.33) and number of fruits/clusters (9.66) was maximum with the treatment of integrated nutrient. Treatment of integrated nutrient has also produced the longest fruit length (4.64 cm) and highest fruit diameter (56.08 mm) at harvest. The average fruit weight and yield / plot of tomato was maximum in the treatment of integrated nutrient 62.25 g and 75.35 kg respectively at harvest. Also yield / hectare was also maximum in treatment of integrated nutrients with 186.05 mt/ha. Growth parameters, and plant height were better performing in the application of integrated nutrient. Correlation analysis showed that traits like plant height, number of branches, number of flowers, number of fruit clusters/plant, number of fruit / clusters, fruit length, fruit diameter, fruit weight of tomato was to be found positively and significantly correlated with yield of tomato. The result obtained indicated that the growth and yield of tomato is highly influenced by nutrient sources.

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.); Nutrients; Integrated; Management; Yield; Growth