Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
Effect of combination of organic manure and biofertilizer for better growth and yield of beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.)
Author(s): VS Ingole, AP Wagh, PK Nagre and SG Bharad
Abstract: The present investigation entitled “Studies on organic production of beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) was carried out during rabi season of year 2016-2017 at Horticulture Farm, Department of Horticulture, Dr. PDKV, Akola. The experiment was laid out in Randomised Block Design (RBD) with three replications and ten treatments comprises 100 % RDF, FYM, vermicompost, neem cake alone and in combination with azotobacter, PSB, VAM as soil treatment.
The results of present investigation indicated that, the growth parameters in terms of germination, plant height, leaves per plant, and yield attributes was increased due to different organic sources of nutrient and azotobacter, PSB, VAM. All organic sources of the nutrients influenced the growth, yield and quality parameter of beetroot.
The treatment combination of organic nutrient sources T6 i.e. vermicompost @ 9.2 tha-1 + azotobacter (10 kg ha-1) + PSB (10 kg ha-1) + VAM (40 kg ha-1) as soil treatment was found to be significantly superior for growth viz., plant height (28.85 cm), Number of leaves/plant(14.27), Leaf area(107.60 cm2),Days required for harvesting (78.33) and yield attributes i.e. root weight (158.33 g), root length (8.03 cm), Root yield hectare-1 (q) (234.33) of beetroot, which was at par with treatment T7 i.e. neem cake @ 2.5 tha-1 + azotobacter (10 kg ha-1) + PSB (10 kg ha-1) + VAM (40 kg ha-1) as soil treatment.
Considering the cost economics, the treatment T6 i.e. vermicompost @ 9.2 t ha-1 + azotobacter (10 kg ha-1) + PSB (10 kg ha-1) + VAM (40 kg ha-1)) were found to be most remunerative and profitable as per its benefit cost ratio (3.51:1) as compared to remaining treatment and absolute control (T10).
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VS Ingole, AP Wagh, PK Nagre, SG Bharad. Effect of combination of organic manure and biofertilizer for better growth and yield of beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.). Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):1222-1225.
