Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Prachi Arvind Gore, PC Haldavanekar, YR Parulekar, SS More and PC Mali

Abstract:
Indian spinach is an underutilized perennial vegetable, originated in tropical Asia belonging to the family Basellaceae. It is very hardy vegetable having potential to sustain the high rainfall conditions prevailing in Konkan region which no other leafy vegetable can sustain especially from June to September. In spite of potential, the crop has remained unexploited due to lack of standardization of production protocol. The experimental findings revealed that the treatment T₁₂ found best in plant height (34.30 cm). Among different treatments, T₃ i. e. Azotobacter @ 5 kg/ha + PSB @ 5 kg/ha + FYM 10 t/ha + 100% RDF recorded better results in number of leaves (85.70) and total herbage yield per plant (1215.70 g). The highest number of branches (49.40) was recorded in the treatment T₁₁ i. e. PSB @ 5 kg/ha + Poultry Manure. The longest shelf life at ambient temperature (23.28 hrs.) was found in the treatment T₉ i. e. Azotobacter @ 5 kg/ha + PSB @ 5 kg/ha + Vermicompost @ 5 t/ha.