Comparative influence of fertilizer and vermicompost addition on growth and quality of Tomato plant

摘要

Present study has been conducted to investigate the effect of chemical fertilizer and vermicompost on growth and quality of tomato plant. It was tested by preparing different treatments of VC10 (Soil+VC10), VC15 (Soil+ VC15), SF10 (Soil+ Fertilizer), Soil (control). After the time period of 60-70 days, the plant which was supplemented with vermicompost shows improvements in growth, plant height, more number of leaves and branches, dry weight of leaves, stem diameter, length of root. The soil supplemented with chemical fertilizer shows reduced values for all the above said parameters. Quality of tomato fruit was determined in terms of titrable acidity, vitamin C, total soluble, dissolved and suspended solids, total phenolic content, lycopene content, proteins, reducing sugars, antioxidant activity which were found to be maximum in VC15 treatment.