Responses of INM on growth and yield of Kalmegh

The discovery of the present study was carried out with eight treatments in simple randomized blocks design with three replications at department of Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic crops, College of Horticulture, Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh during the year 2021-22. The treatments accompanied with different doses of FYM, vermicompost and three bio-fertilizers (Phosphate solubilizing bacteria, Azotobactor and Azospirillum) along with a constant dose of nitrogen. All the growth and yield parameters were noted at 30, 60, 90, 120 days after transplanting and at harvest. Result revealed that the maximum plant height, leaf number, branch number, leaf area, leaf area index, leaf area duration, relative growth rate, crop growth rate, fresh weight, dry weight, number of pods, number of seeds, pod length, pod dry weight, harvest index by herbage and seed, dry herbage yield, seed yield, gross return, net return and benefit: cost ratio were recored in treatment T₇- N @ 40 kg ha⁻¹+50% vermicompost + biofertilizers @ 5 kg ha⁻¹ while, cost of cultivation in T₂- N @ 40 kg ha⁻¹ +50% FYM @ 7.5 t ha⁻¹.