Response of Different Doses Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Vegetative Growth, Yield and Yield Components of Brinjal (Solanum Melongena L.)

A field experiment was conducted at Chitrakoot, Satna (M.P.), during the Rabi season of 2008–09 to study the effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on growth and yield of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) with the objective to find out the best combination of organic and inorganic fertilizers on growth and yield of brinjal for this region. Soil of the experimental field was sandy loam. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design having 14 treatments comprising of organic manures (farmyard manure, goat manure and vermi-compost) and inorganic fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) applied either alone or in combination. Combination of vermi-compost @ 10t ha⁻¹ + 75% RDF (N: P: K @ 90: 60: 37.5 kg ha⁻¹) recorded maximum plant height, number of leaves and branches per plant, leaf length, stem diameter, number of flowers and fruits per plant; length, diameter and weight of fruit; fruit yield per plant, per plot and per hectare; gross return, net return and cost: benefit ratio. Vermi-compost @ 10 t ha⁻¹ + 75% RDF (N: P: K @ 90: 60: 37.5 kg ha⁻¹) emerged as superior over all the other treatments in relation to growth, yield and yield attributing components, and finally economic returns for cultivation of brinjal under the agro-climatic conditions of this region.