Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Ravi Pratap Chaudhary, Jitendra Kumar, Prakash Thapa, Amar Singh, Bharat Giri and Brij Kishore

Abstract:
The experiment was carried out at Agriculture Research Farm of Rama University, Mandhana, Kanpur, U.P, India, during Rabi season 2022-2023 to assess the plant growth, curd quality and economics of cultivation under various Integrated Nutrient Management (INM). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications and nine treatments. The results showed that application of T₈ (100% of P + 75% of N & K + Azotobacter @ 5 kg/ha + Vermicompost @ 5 t/ha) has resulted in the maximum canopy spread 4.61, 8.44 and 15.27cm at 15, 30 and 45 DAT, maximum number of leaves 5.02, 8.56 and 10.06 at 15, 30 and 45 DAT, minimum time of (days) between transplanting to curd Initiation (29 days), curd length (8.02cm), curd diameter (8.21cm), curd weight (779.35g) and curd yield per hectare (369.35q).