Nilay Kumar*, Kulwant Rai Sharma1, Meenu Sood2 and Sunandani Chandel3
Department of Floriculture (Ornamental & Medicinal Plants), College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University, Pasighat-791 102, Arunachal Pradesh (India)
1,2College of Forestry, Dr. YS Parmar UHF, Nauni-173 230, Solan, Himachal Pradesh (India)
3Department of Forest Products and Utilization, ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry, NAU, Navsari-396 450, Gujarat (India)
Email: nilaykumar.sharma@gmail.com
Received-10.09.2019, Revised-27.09.2019
Abstract: The present studies were conducted on Kapoor Tulsi (Ocimum kilimandscharicum Guerke) during the season of 2017-18 at the experimental farm of Department of Forest Products, Dr. YSP University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh (India). In this experiment ten treatments viz., T1: Control, T2: FYM (15t/ha), T3: NPK (120:60:60 kg/ha), T4: FYM+NPK (15 t/ha + 120:60:60 kg/ha), T5: Jeevamrutha-desi cow (125 l/ha, 3%), T6: Jeevamrutha-jersey cow (125 l/ha, 3%), T7: Panchagavya-desi cow (50 l/ha, 5%), T8: Panchagavya-jersey cow (50 l/ha, 5%), T9: Vermicompost (3t/ha) and T10: Vermicompost + NPK (3 t/ha + 120:60:60 kg/ha) were evaluated in RBD design with three replications on growth and yield of Kapoor tulsi. The results revealed that the combined application of Vermicompost and NPK (3 t/ha + 120:60:60 kg/ha) produced highest growth and yield followed by T4>T3>T2>T7. The Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) among the various treatments shows that the NPK (T3) (120:60:60 kg/ha) was found best (1.69) due to lowest cost and higher yield followed by T7>T8>T5>T4.
Keywords: Manure,tulsi, herbage, essential oil, growth, yield
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