Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Puja Bharti Sagolsem, MM Shulee Ariina, Thoudam Santosh Singh and Roveni D

Abstract:
11-8-A field experiment was carried out at the horticultural experimental field of the Department of Horticulture, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Utlou from December 2018-June 2019. The experiment was carried out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) consisting of three replications and seven treatment viz., control (T₁), Vermicompost (T₂), Phumdi (T₃), Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (T₄), Vermicompost+Phumdi (T₅), Vermicompost +Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (T₆) and Vermicompost + Phumdi +Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria(T₇). Local cultivars of chives saplings were bought from a local market and were planted on a bed size of 1m² at spacing of 15cm ⅹ 15cm respectively. The data revealed that the treatment T₇ (Vermicompost + Phumdi +Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria) showed maximum significant effect on growth and yield parameters. The maximum plant height was recorded at 30DAS(5.66cm), 60DAS(9.40cm), 90DAS(11.80cm), 120DAS(14.73cm), 150DAS(18.13cm), 180DAS(22.53cm); maximum number of leaves was recorded at 30DAS(8.73cm), 60DAS(14.00cm), 90DAS(20.13cm), 120DAS(24.20cm), 150DAS(25.66cm), 180DAS(29.86cm); maximum number of clumps was recorded at 30DAS(2.46cm), 60DAS(4.26cm), 90DAS(5.46cm), 120DAS(6.46cm), 150DAS(7.13cm),180 DAS(8.20cm); maximum root weight 20.18g; and maximum total yield with 27.93g. Therefore, from the analysis of data, it can be concluded that the application of the Vermicompost + PSB + Phumdi significantly influenced the growth and yield of chives.