Influence of Planting Methods and Organic Manure Levels on Productivity and Soil Quality of Aloe Vera in Chhattisgarh Plains

A field experiment carried out during Kharif-rabi season 2014–15. The treatments allotted tomain plots were flat bed planting, ridge and furrow planting and raised bed planting and the treatments allotted to sub plots were vermicompost @ 2.5 t ha⁻¹, vermicompost @ 5 tha⁻¹, FYM @5 tha⁻¹ and FYM @ 10 t ha⁻¹. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replications. Results revealed that the raised bed planting and application of vermicompost @ 5 t ha⁻¹ significantly highest herbage yield of aloe vera was recorded and available nitrogen and phosphorus was significantly highest found with application of vermicompost @ 5 t ha⁻¹. Interaction between treatments, significantly highest herbage yield of aloe vera was recorded under raised bed planting and application of vermicompost @ 5 t ha⁻¹ at same level of application ofvermicompost @ 5 t ha⁻¹ andraised bed planting, respectively.