Progressive Agriculture
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue: 1

Effect of organic nutrition on growth, yield and quality of aubergine (Solanum melongena L.) var. Pusa uttam n semi-arid region

  • Author:
  • Vishnu Kumar Sharma1, Harpal Singh2, Ramagya Singh1, Ayushmaan1, Singh Yadav1, Priyanshu Narayan Chaubey1
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 7 to 12

1M. Sc. Scholar, Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, B.U., Jhanshi, India

2Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, B.U., Jhanshi, India

Online published on 20 May, 2023.

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out at Organic Research Farm (HRF), Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Bundelkhand University, Karguan ji, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh during the Kharif-2022 with a view to identify the effects of different combinations of organic nutrition and its role in growth, yield and quality of Aubergine variety Pusa Uttam. The experiment was laid in Randomized block design with 8 treatments and 3 replications with different combination in RDF and application of organic nutrition. Under this experiment, overall, 8 treatment was taken comprising T0 (Control), T1 (100% Farmyard Manure), T2 (100% Poultry Manure), T3 (100% Vermicompost), T4 (50% Farmyard + 50% Poultry Manure), T6 (50% Farmyard Manure + 50% Vermicompost), T6 (50% Vermicompost + 50% Poultry Manure) and T8 (33% Farmyard Manure + 33% Vermicompost + 33% Poultry Manure). From the above experimental finding it may be concluded that the treatment T5 (50% Poultry Manure + 50% Vermicompost) was found to be best in the terms of growth yield and quality of Aubergine.

Keywords

Aubergiene, Farmyard Manure, Vermicompost, Poultry Manure and Benefit cost ratio