Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management on Growth, Yield Attributes and Yield of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea Var. Capitata L.) Under Middle Gujarat Conditions

An experiment on effect of integrated nutrient management on cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) under middle Gujarat conditions was carried out during rabi season of the year 2013–2014 at Agronomy Farm, Department of Agronomy, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural university, Anand, Gujarat. The treatments consisted of 10 treatments, viz. 100% RDN + FYM @ 20 t ha^{1 (T₁), 100% RDN + FYM @ 20 t ha−1 + Azotobactor + PSB (T₂), 100% RDN + vermicompost @ 10 t ha−1 (T₃), 100% RDN + vermicompost @ 10 t ha−1 + Azotobactor + PSB (T₄), 100% RDN + FYM @ 10 t ha−1 (T₅), 100% RDN + FYM @ 10 t ha−1 +Azotobactor + PSB (T₆), 75% RDN + FYM @ 10 t ha−1 (T₇), 75% RDN + FYM@ 10t ha−1 + Azotobactor + PSB (T₈), 75% RDN + vermicompost @ 5 t ha−1 (T₉) and 75% RDN + vermicompost @ 5 t ha−1 +Azotobactor+ PSB (T₁₀). Result revealed that treatment (T₄) 100% RDN + vermicompost @ 10 t ha−1 + Azotobactor + PSB increased growth attributes i.e plant height and leaf area index except number of open leaves plant−1 at harvest that remained non significant and yield and yield attributes i.e. weight of cabbage head, volume of cabbage head and diameter of cabbage head and yield of cabbage head were obtained from the treatment (T₄) 100% RDN + vermicompost @ 10 t ha−1 + Azotobactor + PSB. Nitrogen influenced all growth and yield attributes significantly and it increased gradually with increasing levels of nitrogen upto 200 kg N ha−1.}