Jal Singh Meena*1, M.L. Meena1, Nirmal Kumar Meena2 and Rakesh Kumar Meena1
1Department of Applied Plant Science (Horticulture), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow-226025
2Division of Food Science & Postharvest Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012
Email: jalsinghchf@gmail.com
Received-15.03.2017, Revised-03.04.2017
Abstract: Present investigation was undertaken to study the effect of INM on yield and quality of broccoli cv. KTS-1. For this, a field experiment was carried out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. The experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Research Farm of university, during Rabi season of 2014-15. For the experiment, thirteen treatment combinations viz. T0 (Control), T1 (NPK:150 :100 :100 Kg/ha ), T2 [(Neem cake (2.5 t/ha) + Vermicompost (5 t/ha) + Azotobacter (2 kg/ha)], T3 [Neem cake (1.5 t/ ha) + 75% recommended dose of NPK ], T4 [Neem cake (2.5 t/ha) + 50% recommended dose of NPK], T5 [Vermicompost (2.5 t/ha) + 75% recommended dose of NPK], T6 [Vermicompost (5 t/ha) + 50% recommended dose of NPK], T7 [Azotobacter (2 kg/ha) + 75% recommended dose of N + full dose of P and K through inorganic fertilizer], T8 [Azotobacter (2kg/ha) + 50% recommended dose of N + full dose of P and K through inorganic fertilizer], T9 [Neem cake (1.5 t/ha) + Vermicompost (2.5 t/ha) + 75% recommended dose of NPK through inorganic fertilizer], T10 [Neem cake (2.5 t/ha) +Vermicompost (5 t/ha) + 50% recommended dose of NPK through inorganic fertilizer], T11 [Neem cake (1.5 t/ha) + Vermicompost (2.5 t/ha) + Azotobacter (2 kg/ha) + 75% recommended dose of NPK through inorganic fertilizer] and T12 [Neem cake (2.5 t/ha) + Vermicompost (5 t/ha) + Azotobacter (2 kg/ha) + 50% recommended dose of NPK through inorganic fertilizer] were used. Treatment T11 (Neem cake 1.5 t/ha + Vermicompost 2.5 t/ha + Azotobacter 2 kg/ha + 75% recommended dose of NPK through inorganic fertilizer) was found best in terms of maximum curd weight/plant (438 g), curd weight/plot (3.94 kg), curd yield (219.06 q/ha), T.S.S. (10.15 0B), vitamin C content (82.91 (mg/100g), acidity (0.49), total sugar content (3.16 g), reducing sugar content (2.75g), non reducing sugar (0.43).
Keywords: Broccoli; Inorganic fertilizer;Vermicompost; Neem cake; Azotobacter; Yield; Quality
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