enhanced by the application of farmyard manure (P < 0.05) and fertilizer (P < 0.01) but no
significant farmyard manure × fertilizer interaction.The longest fruit of 15.71 cm was observed in the
10 t/ha farmyard manure × the 400 kg/ha fertilizer combination and the shortest fruit of 14.20 cm
was observed in the control (Table 4).
The fruit weight per plant was significantly influenced by farmyard manure (P < 0.05),fertilizer (P < 0.01) and their interaction (P < 0.01).The highest fruit weight (2.43 kg) per plant was observed in the treatments receiving farmyard manure at the rate of 10 t/ha and 400 kg/ha of
fertilizer and the least value of 0.90 kg was observed in the control.