2016 Vol.22 No.1 PP 21-25
CONSEQUENCE OF FOLIAR RELEVANCE OF BGA EXTRACT ON
AUGMENTATION OF TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL.) CVS.
PHULE RAJA(RTH2)
A. R. ABHANG1 AND *B. K. AUTI2
1Arts, Science and Commerce College, RAHURI,
Dist. AHMEDNAGAR (M.S.) INDIA
22Radhabai Kale Mahila Mahavidyalaya,
AHMEDNAGAR (M.S.) INDIA
*Corresponding Author
E-mail: autibhausaheb@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
The field trials were conducted to study the effect of BGA on the growth and yield of Tomato (Lycopersicon
esculentum Mill.) cultivar Phule Raja (RTH2). In all eight treatments (T1- Nostoc calcicola extract, T2- Lyngbya majuscula
extract, T3- Scytonema millei extract, T4- Oscillatoria subbrevis extract , T5- Bioforce, T6- Amruta (19:19:19), T7-
Recommended dose (NPK) and T8- Control) were applied through foliage at pre-flowering, flowering and post-flowering
stages. The results of field trials that application of Nostoc calcicola and Scytonema millei extracts recorded highest
plant height, number of branches, number of leaves, leaf area, plant spread, number of flowers, 50% flowering, number
of fruits and crop yield (693.99 q/ha) as compared to the commercial fertilizers. The control (unspread) recorded lowest
plant growth and crop yield (289.26 q/ha). The use of BGA extracts proved as an efficient alternative to the conventional
chemical fertilizers.
Key words : BGA, Biofertilizer, Extract, Tomato.