Effect of organic, inorganic and bio fertilizers on the early establishment and seedling growth of Melia dubia CAV.

Abstract

Optimization of plant growth by providing required amount of nutrients is one of the important nursery techniques in raising healthy growing stock. In this realm, a study was conducted on the effect of organic, inorganic and biofertilizers on the growth and early establishment of Malabar Neem (Melia dubia CAV.). The study was carried out at College of Agriculture, Raichur during the period of 2015-16 using ten different treatments in 3 replications. It was found that the use of Vermicompost @ 20g/seedling, increases the physiological growth parameters of seedlings viz., shoot length, root length, root to shoot ratio, root diameter, seedling dry weight and chlorophyll content. Using of Poultry manure at the rate of 20 g/ seedling too have shown better results when compared to the other treatments.