1. HARREM KHALID - Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab New campus, Lahore,
Pakistan.
2. MUZZAMMAL AHMED MUZZAFAR - Department of Food Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab New campus,
Lahore, Pakistan.
3. MUHAMMAD MUJTABA- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab New campus, Lahore,
Pakistan.
4. MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ - Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab New campus, Lahore,
Pakistan.
5. MUHAMMAD RIZWAN TARIQ - Department of Food Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab New campus,
Lahore, Pakistan.
6. QURBAN ALI - Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab New
campus, Lahore, Pakistan.
A field experiment was conducted over two consecutive seasons, 2019-20 (first phase) and 2020-21 (second phase) in Kasur and Lahore region. The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of different planting depth (8cm, 10cm and 12cm) and three foliar sprays containing ZnSO4 (179.7 g, 119.8 g and 59.9g) FeSO4 (5.3 g, 10.6g and 15.9 g) on six potato varieties (Chipsona, Kuroda, Asterix, Sante, Sarpomira and Mosika). The research was carried out in split-split block design with three replications. The main plots were designated for foliar application, the sub plots were designated for maintaining depth level, and sub-sub plot were designated for arranging potato varieties to investigate their interaction on emergence rate, seedling vigor and yield per plant. The results obtained from the study demonstrate a significant impact of 10cm depth on emergence percentage and plant vigor score. Foliar application of ZnSO4+FeSO4 (59.9g+15.9g) at 10cm planting depth can be optimized for good tuber yield for all investigated varieties. Among all varieties Chipsona exhibited superior results following by Mosika, Kuroda, Sante and Sarpomira, while Asterix exhibited least results.
Potato, Tuber, Emergence, Vigor, Yield, Foliar Application, ZnSO4, FeSO4, Planting Depth, 10cm.