Effects of nitrogen fertilizer and weed control on nutritive quality of carrots (Daucus carota L.).

The nutritive quality of carrots, obtained from different herbicide-treated plots and under different levels of nitrogen application ranging from zero to 80 kg nitrogen/ha, was compared. There were significant differences in carotene content, T.S.S. (total soluble solids) and organoleptic characteristics under the influence of different treatments. The maximum carotene content, T.S.S. and organoleptic characteristics were observed with the application of 80 kg. nitrogen/ha and fluchloralin herbicide at 0.90 and 1.20 kg/ha.