Vol. 11, Issue 3 (2022)

Author(s):
Nilasree Borah, Dr. Pradip Mahanta, Dr. Madhumita Choudhury Talukdar, Dr. Nilay Borah and Dr. Madhumita Barooah

Abstract:
An experiment was carried out to study the Influence of biofertilizers on growth characteristics and yield of Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii Bolus)” plant under open field condition of Experimental Farm, Department of Horticulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat during the period of 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. The experiment was laid out with 9 treatments in Randomized Block Design and replicated 3 times. Pooled data analysis over two years revealed that the highest plant height (13.14, 25.32, 55.78 and 59.24cm at 45, 75, 105 and 135 DAP), highest number of leaves (9.35, 19.46, 29.38 and 33.72 at 45, 75, 105 and 135 DAP), highest leaf area (3366.25cm²), highest plant spread (43.45cm), highest leaf area index (1.79) and highest number of suckers per plant (13.33) were observed respectively for T₇(½ NPK + ½ Vermicompost + Consortium). The study led to the conclusion that experiment Biofertilizer has been identified as an alternative to chemical fertilizer in order to increase soil fertility and crop production in sustainable farming.