ASSESSMENT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC MANURES ON PERFORMANCE OF EGGPLANT (Solanum melongena L.) AND SOIL PROPERTIES
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2019-07
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University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot. (College of Horticulture, Bengaluru).
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Afield experiment was conducted at Regional Horticulture Research and Extension Centre, COH,UHS Campus, GKVK,post Bengaluru, during Kharif 2018. The experiment was laid out in Randomized complete block design with ten treatments replicated thrice. The result of experiment revealed that application of vermicompost equivalent to N content of FYM + 100% N equivalent through panchagavya (T5) as a top dress recorded significantly higher plant height (123.53 cm), number of branches (11.53), leaf area (4.65 cm2), leaf area index (0.178), number of flower per cluster (6.73), number of fruit per cluster (4.68), average fresh fruit weight (120 g), average dry fruit weight (8.46 g), fruit length (8.45 cm), fruit girth (6.28 cm), average yields per plant (4.19 kg), net plot yields (50.28 Kg), yields per hectare (58.19 t). Available nitrogen (350.88 kg ha-1), recorded highest with T5. Significantly higher available phosphorus (41.87 kg ha-1) recorded with application of vermicompost equivalent to N content of FYM + 100% N equivalent through jeevamrutha. Microbial population, total bacteria (5.06 CFU X 106 g-1 soil), total fungi (2.46 CFU X 104 g-1 soil), and total actinomycetes (1.75 CFU X 104 g-1 soil). Total nitrogen (89.67 kg ha-1), phosphorus (46.67 kg ha-1), potassium (57.28 kg ha-1), calcium (15.00 kg ha-1), magnesium (21.54 kg ha-1), sulphur (20.29 kg ha-1), copper (39.24 mg ha-1), iron (171.83 mg ha-1), manganese (61.62 mg ha-1) and zinc (92.22 mg ha-1) uptake were recorded significantly higher in T5and higher net returns (Rs. 879070.00 with B:C 4.01:1) was also observed in same treatment i.e. T5.