RESPONSE OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF OKRA (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (L) MOENCH)

摘要

The present investigation entitled "Response of different organic and inorganic fertilizers on growth and yield of Okra swas conducted at the Horticultural Research Centre of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Modipuram, Meerut UP during summer season 2009. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. The experiment consisted of nine treatments with organic (FYM and Vermi compost) and inorganic (NPK) combinations. The results of present investigation indicated that the vegetative growth characters plant height, diameter of stem, number of leaves per plant, days required for initiation of first flower as well as yield contributing characters viz number of pods per plant, length of pod, fresh weight per pod, weight of pods per plant and yield of pods (q/h) were found to be maximum in the application of treatments T_4 (50 kg N 25 kg P_20_5 and 25 kg K_20 + 6 tonnes of vermicompost per ha as compared to control treatment and other treatments.