Growth, Yield and Economics of Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) Influenced by Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers

Abstract

The experiment laid out with an eighteen treatment combination of organic manures (vermicompost and neem cake) along with bio-fertilizer (Trichoderma viridae) and inorganic fertilizers in a randomised block design that was duplicated three times. During the year 2024-25 at Horticultural Research Farm, School of Agricultural Sciences, Malla Reddy University, Hyderabad. The treatments used were T1: Check, T2: NPK (100%), T3: RDN (100%) + Vermicompost, T4: N (75%) + Vermicompost + Trichoderma, T5: RDN (100%) + Neem cake, T6: N (75%) + Neem cake + Trichoderma, T7: RDN (100%) + Vermicompost + Neem cake, T8: N (75%) + Vermicompost + Neem cake +Trichoderma. Among all the treatments the treatment T7: RDN (100%) + Vermicompost + Neem cake was found to be most effective in terms of growth characters such as plant height (46.9 cm), number of branches per plant (10.5) number of leaves per plant (10.6), leaf yield per plant (3.4g), umbels per plant (41.5), umbellate per umbels (7.9), seeds per umbellate (6.4), seed yield per plant (7.7g), seed yield per ha (25.8q) and highest B: C ratio (1.7).