Effect of organic, inorganic and biofertilizer on growth, yield and quality attribute on brinjal crop

Abstract

A field study was conducted during the Kharif season of 2019-20 at Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj to study about the “Effect of organic, inorganic and bio-fertilizer on growth, yield and quality attributing characters of Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) cv. Pusa Kranti”. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with 10 treatments replicated thrice. Bio-fertilizers and manures viz., PSB (Phosphorous solubilizing bacteria), VAM (Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhiza), FYM and Vermi compost, were used alone and in different combinations with chemical fertilizers. All the bio-fertilizers are applied as soil application method in which 200g of each bio-fertilizers are mixed in soil. Among all the treatments, it is noticed that the growth, yield and quality attributing parameters like plant height, number of primary branches, number of secondary branches, fruit length, fruit width, total number of fruits/ plot and fruit yield were found maximum with the application of 75% FYM + PSB + VAM+ 25% NPK and the minimum being recorded in control in which no bio-fertilizers and chemical fertilizers were used. So based on the results it could be concluded that the application of VAM and PSB in combination with 75% N, P & K favourably influenced the growth, yield and yield attributing characters in brinjal cv. Pusa Kranti.