Influence of biofertilizers and growing media on growth parameters in aonla

Abstract

Aonla is one of the highly remunerative crops usually found in dry deciduous forests of India. For raising the rootstock, it is mainly propagated by sexual methods. Findings regarding effect of biofertilizers and media on seed germination and seedling vigour is less hence the present experiment was conducted to study the effect of biofertilizers and media on seed germination and seedling vigour of aonla.Treatment combinations has showed the significant different. Among the different treatment combinations used media containing of soil + cocopeat + vermicompost enriched with the biofertilizer mixture of Azatobacter + PSB + KRB has recorded maximum number of leaves per seedling, stem diameter, seedling height, fresh and dry weight of shoot, survival per cent, and shoot: root ratio.