Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management on Growth and Physiological Parameters on Papaya cv. Taiwan Red Lady.

A filed experiment was conducted during 2012 and 2013 at the Regional Horticultural Research Station and Krishi Vigyan Kendra of Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, to determine the influence of organic and inorganic fertilizers, fertility levels and different treatment combination. Results revealed that the treatment T_6: 25% RDN through biocompost + 25% RDN through castor cake + 50% RDN through inorganic fertilizer gave higher values of growth characters viz., plant height, stem girth and number of leaves. And this treatment also influenced the physiological parameters viz., photosynthetic rate, total chlorophyll content, transpiration rate and leaf temperature.