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Vol. 4 (4) : July-August 2013 issue
Green Farming Vol. 4 (4) : 475-479 (July-August, 2013)
Effect of Azotobacter biofertilizer and vermicompost on yield and quality of different mulberry varieties under rainfed condition
P. SOWMYA1*, T. GEETHA DEVI2, S. HARISH BABU3 and K. VASUDHA PRABHAKAR4
Department of Sericulture, University of Agricultural Sciences, G.K.V.K., Bangalore - 560 065 (Karnataka)
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1P.G. Student *(parameshsowmya7@gmail.com), 2Associate Professor, 3,4Phd Scholar
Subject : Sericulture
Paper No. : P-0621
Total Pages : 5
Received : 04 December 2012
Revised accepted : 18 June 2013
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P. SOWMYA, T. GEETHA DEVI, S. HARISH BABU and K. VASUDHA PRABHAKAR. 2013. Effect of Azotobacter biofertilizer and vermicompost on yield and quality of different mulberry varieties under rainfed condition. Green Farming Vol. 4 (4) : 475-479 ; July-August, 2013

ABSTRACT
Mulberry is a non-leguminous crop and free living Nitrogen fixing microorganisms like Azotobacter play an important role in improving growth and yield . With this back ground an experiment was initiated in red sandy clay loam soil at G.K.V.K. during during 2011-12 to know the effect of Azotobacter and vermicompost on mulberry leaf yield and quality. Six mulberry varieties and three treatments were evaluated by conducting the experiment in split plot design. Among the treatments application of 50% N + 100 % PK through chemical fertilizer + 50 % N through Azotobacter + vermicompost (T3) have been found to be highly beneficial for rainfed mulberry cultivation. Growth and yield of mulberry was also significantly higher with this treatment recording 21 per cent higher yield compared to the control plot where 100 per cent nitrogen was applied through chemical fertilizer. The quality of leaf was also significantly improved in this treatment recording higher moisture percentage (83.69%), higher moisture retention capacity (91.98 %), higher crude protein (19.39 %). Among the varieties the performance of RFS175 and S13 was significantly superior recording higher yield (30.62 and 29.24 ton/ha/year) on par with each other. Hence, the use of Azatobacter bio-fertilizers and vermicompost in six mulberry vanities proved that it can be used effectively for all the varieties under rainfed condition besides curtailing N application by 50 per cent.
Key words :
Azotobacter, Vermicompost, Mulberry varieties, Growth parameters, Rainfed.