Effects of Organic Manures and Biofertilizers on Yield and Economic Performance of Broccoli in Khiala Region, Punjab, India

Abstract

The field experiment was conducted during Rabi season 2023 and aimed to investigate the impact of organic manures and Bio-fertilizers on yield and economics analysis in broccoli. The experiment  design has employed a  Randomized Block Design with 8 treatments and three replications, comprising of T0- Control (No Organic Manure), T1- Farm Yard Manure (20 t/ha), T2- Vermicompost (5 t/ha), T3- Neem Cake (2 t/ha), T4-Azotobacter + Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB), T5-Farm yard manure+ Azotobacter + PSB, T6- Vermicompost+ Azotobacter +PSB, T7- Neem cake + Azotobacter + PSB. It was observed that treatment T6 (Vermicompost+ Bio-fertilizers) shows a superior result recorded with other ones, weight of primary curd 412.0 g and secondary curd 156.3 g, yield per plant 568.3g, yield per plot 5.66 kg and yield per hectare 56.6 q ha-1 and minimum in under T0 Control. Overall combined application of organic manures and biofertilizers for better yield of broccoli crop. Economics returns of the same treatment were also found best in term of gross income Rs. 283000 ha-1, net returns Rs. 212450 ha-1 and benefit cost ratio is 3.01.