Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Shahid Ahamad, Jitendra Kumar, Vinay Joseph Silas, Mohit Lal, Yogendra Kumar and Rajesh Maurya

Abstract:
The experiment ‘Effect of bio-fertilizer and micronutrient on growth and yield of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) var. Pusa Himani’ was conducted on radish crop at Agriculture Research Farm of Rama University, Mandhana, Kanpur, U.P, India, during rabi season of 2022-2023. There was 15 treatments viz.,T₁ (Control), T₂ (PSB @ 4 kg/ha), T₃ (Neem cake @ 2.5 ton/ha), T₄ (Azotobacter @ 4 kg/ ha), T₅ (PSB @ 4 kg/ha + ZnSO₄ @ 10 kg/ ha)), T₆ (Neem cake @ 2.5 ton/ha + ZnSO₄ @ 10 kg/ ha), T₇ [Azotobacter @ 4 kg/ hac + + ZnSO₄ (10 kg/ ha) + Borex (8 kg/ha)] and T₈[PSB @ 4 kg/ha) + Borex (8 kg/ha)], T₉ [Neem cake @ 2.5 ton/ha) + Borex (8 kg/ha)], T₁₀ [Azotobacter @ 4 kg/ hac) + Borex (8 kg/ha)], T₁₁ [PSB @ 4 kg/ha + ZnSO₄ (5 kg/ ha) + Borex (4 kg/ha)], T₁₂ [Neem cake @ 2.5 ton/ha + ZnSO₄ (5 kg/ ha) + Borex (4 kg/ha)], T₁₃ [Azotobacter @ 4 kg/ hac + ZnSO₄ (5 kg/ ha) + Borex (4 kg/ha)], T₁₄ [PSB + Azotobacter + Neem cake + ZnSO₄ (5 kg/ ha) + Borex (4 kg/ha)] and T₁₅ [PSB + Azotobacter + Neem cake + ZnSO₄ (10 kg/ ha) + Borex (8 kg/ha)]. All the 15 treatments were replicated thrice in Randomized Block Design. The Azotobacter fixes the atmospheric nitrogen to nitrate form, PSB changes the unavailable phoaphorus to available form, zinc sulphate and borex improves the quality of radish roots. The biofertilizers and micronutrients improves the plant height, number of leaves per plant, root diameter, root length, root yield, TSS, vitamin-‘C’ and minimized the days taken to harvest.