Vol. 12, Issue 8 (2023)

Integrated nutrient management is a promising method and practice of increasing yield with quality produce and sustaining soil and environmental health. Keeping this view in the mind, a field experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Research Center, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut during the Rabi seasons of 2016-17 and 2017-18 to ascertain the "Effect of integrated nutrient management on vegetative growth of Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) in light textured soil of western Uttar Pradesh". Three replications were used in the Randomized Block Design experiment. The experimental field's soil had a sandy loam texture. Different mixtures of organic and inorganic manures and biofertilizers considerably influenced all variables parameters pertaining to vegetative development in the experimental investigation. Results revealed that the maximum vegetative growth viz., plant height (63.01 cm), plant spread (north-south) (58.57 cm), plant spread (east-west) (55.39 cm), number of leaves plant^-1 (18.62), leaf length (49.97 cm), width of leaf (19.04 cm), leaf area (377.83 cm²) stalk length (23.28 cm) and stalk diameter (45.49 mm) were recorded under RDF + Vermicompost + PSB + Azospirillum. So, based on two years experimental findings, it is cleared that a judicious combination of inorganic, organic and bio-fertilizers significantly influenced vegetative growth of broccoli.