Vol. 12, Issue 8 (2023)

Author(s):
Shubham Yadav, KC Meena, MK Tripathi, BK Kachouli, BK Patidar, Nitin Soni and DK Patida

Abstract:
The primary goal of integrated nutrient management strategies is to substitute a portion of chemical fertilizers with a more sustainable and environmentally safe organic manure in order to mitigate soil degradation, improve crop production, and protect the environment. Nutrient management is closely associated with fertilizer type, application rate, application time, and application placement. Applying organic manure in combination with chemical fertilizers has become an effective approach towards nutrient management, this will maximize the agronomic value of organic manure and encourage recycling agricultural wastes into new valuable products for agricultural enhancement. Therefore, the present study was conducted to assess the impacts of different INM practices namely absolute control (T₁), 25 t/ha FYM (T₂), NPK – 40:20:20 Kg/ha + 5 t/ha FYM (T₃), NPK – 40:25:20 Kg/ha + 10 t/ha FYM (T₄), NPK – 40:30:20 Kg/ha + 15 t/ha FYM (T₅), NPK – 45:20:20 Kg/ha + 5 t/ha FYM (T₆), NPK – 45:25:20 Kg/ha + 10 t/ha FYM (T₇), NPK – 45:30:20 Kg/ha + 15 t/ha FYM (T₈), NPK – 50:20:20 Kg/ha + 5 t/ha FYM (T₉), NPK – 50:25:20 Kg/ha + 10 t/ha FYM (T₁₀) and NPK – 50:30:20 Kg/ha + 15 t/ha FYM (T₁₁) in RBD Design with three replications at Department of Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, College of Horticulture, RVSKVV, Mandsaur, (M.P.) during the Rabi season of 2021-2022. The result indicated that treatment T₁₁ showed early germination, flowering and maturity. The treatment T₁₁ was recorded with superior values of plant height, number of branches plant^-1, fresh weight plant^-1 and dry weight plant^-1 at 45, 90 days after sowing and at harvest respectively. The treatment T₁₁ was registered with highest value of number of umbels plant-¹, number of fruit umbel^-1, number of umbellates umbel^-1, number of fruit umbellate^-1, test weight, seed yield and highest net return while T₉ recorded best B: C ratio.