Vol. 9, Special Issue 10, Part L (2025)

Pomegranate is a significant fruit crop cultivated in the dryland regions of India, where achieving optimum yield and quality is often hindered on chemical fertilizers. A field experiment on “Effects of Bioextracts and its application in enhancing yield characters of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cv. Bhagwa under Central Dry Zone of Karnataka was carried out in a farmer’s field at Aluru village, Hiriyur taluk, Chitradurga district during the year 2024-25. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with eight treatments and three replications viz., T₁ - Seaweed extract @ 2000 ppm, T₂ - Moringa leaf extract @ 6000 ppm, T₃ - Prosopis juliflora leaf extract @ 5000 ppm, T₄ - Seaweed extract @ 2000 ppm + Moringa leaf extract @ 6000 ppm, T₅ - Seaweed extract @ 2000 ppm + prosopis juliflora leaf extract @ 5000 ppm, T₆ - Moringa leaf extract @ 6000 ppm + prosopis juliflora leaf extract @ 5000 ppm, T₇ - Seaweed extract @ 2000 ppm + Moringa leaf extract @ 6000 ppm + Prosopis juliflora leaf extract @ 5000 ppm, T₈ - Control, Among the different treatments, T₇ (SWE @ 2000 ppm + MLE @ 6000 ppm + PJLE @ 5000 ppm) recorded best characters such as number of fruits per plant (66.21), fruit yield (16.41 kg/plant), maximum fruit weight (265.13 g), fruit length (7.75 cm), fruit diameter (7.81 cm), fruit volume (293.13 cc), rind weight (98.90 g), rind thickness (2.71 mm), arils weight (177 g/fruit), rind - aril ratio (0.55), number of arils per fruit (427.12),100 arils weight (41.82 g) and seed weight (27.09 g). Hence, the combined application of T₇ proved highly effective in enhancing the yield of pomegranate under dryland conditions.