Vol. 6 (5) : September-October 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (5) : 1065-1067 ; September-October, 2015
Effect of integrated nutrient management on growth and yield-attributing characters of onion (Allium cepa L.)
ARCHANA DIKSHIT1*, P. MAHAPATRA2 and H.N. MISHRA3
Department of Vegetable Science, College of Agriculture, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar – 751 003 (Odisha)
Designation : 1Ph.D. Scholar *(archieshine@gmail.com), 2Ex. Professor & Head, 3Professor & Head
Subject : Vegetable Sciences
Paper No. : P-2530
Total Pages : 3
Received : 23 August 2014
Revised accepted : 11 September 2015
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Citation :
ARCHANA DIKSHIT, P. MAHAPATRA and H.N. MISHRA. 2015. Effect of integrated nutrient management on growth and yield-attributing characters of onion (Allium cepa L.). Green Farming Vol. 6 (5) : 1065-1067 ; September-October, 2015
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted at the Department of Vegetable Science, College of Agriculture, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar (Odisha), during the rabi season of the year 2012-13 under Randomized Block Design with ten treatments and three replications to study the effect of inorganic fertilizers, biofertilizers and organics alongwith lime on growth and yield parameters of onion cv. N-53. The results revealed that the growth characters viz.,plant height, number of leaves per plant, leaf length, leaf width, neck length and neck thickness; yield- attributing characters such as bulb weight, polar diameter and equatorial diameter of bulb were positively influenced under treatment T9 i.e., Lime @ 0.2 LR + (Azotobacter + Azospirillum + P.S.B) @ 4 kg per ha each + Vermicompost @ 5t per ha + RDF (120:60:60 kg per ha), while no fertilizer was applied in control. Maximum bulb yield (27.13 t ha-1) was recorded in the same treatment (T9), which was due to the sum total effect of different growth and yield-attributing characters.
Key words :
Biofertilizers, Growth & yield attributes, Inorganic fertilizers, Onion, Vermicompost.