Effect of organic manure on growth and yield of litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) cv. Rose Scented Kaur Baljeet, Lal R. L., Professor, Misra K.K., Professor and Head Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, District – Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand) Online published on 5 April, 2012. Abstract A field experiment was conducted at Horticulture Research Centre, Patherchatta, Pantnagar to study the effect of organic manures on growth and yield of 24 years old litchi trees with five treatments of organic manures viz., No manure (Control), Neem Cake (10kg/tree), Neem Cake (20 kg/tree), FYM (50kg/tree) and FYM (100kg/tree). In the investigation FYM @ 100 kg/tree significantly increased tree spread, stem girth, panicle length and fruit yield (55.17 kg/tree) and reduced cracking of fruits. The differences were non – significant in case of tree height, duration of flowering, sex ratio and fruit cracking of litchi. Top |