Synergistic Effects of Organic Manures and Biofertilizers on the Growth Performance of Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L.var.Botrytis) cv. PusaSnowball-1

Abstract

The experiment was carried out during Rabi 2023-24 at the Experimental, Organic Research farm Kargunwaji, Jhansi, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Bundelkhand University Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh). The present experiment was carried out using Randomized block design with three replications to study the effect of organic manures,i.e. (farmyard manure (FYM), vermicompost and poultry manure) and biofertilizers individually or in combination on the growth performance of cauliflower. The obtained results can be summarized as follows: The plant height was found to move significantly due to various treatments at every observation stage of plants. Among treatments, T6 (50% Biofertilizer+50% Vermicompost) treatment resulted in significantly higher plant height at every stage as compared to the remaining treatments. Application of 50% Biofertilizer+50% FYM treatment (T5) was found the second-best treatment. Accordingly, at 60 days stage the maximum height upto 33.56 cm was recorded in the case of T1 (100%FYM) treatment, followed by 32.31cm in the case of T1 (100%FYM) treatment. Economically, the results confirmed the fact that organic and bio-fertilizer treatments were effective but less profitable compared to traditional fertilizers, where treatment T0 (N100P60K80) recorded the highest B: Cratio (2.53) and followed by T6 (50%Biofertilizer+50% Vermicompost) treatment with1.78B:Cratio.