Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
S Hima Bindu, M Hanuman Nayak, P Prasanth, A Mamatha and S Praneeth Kumar

Abstract:
A field experiment was laid out to study the effect of inorganic nutrients and biofertilizers on quality of spinach beet during rabi, 2020-2021 at PG research farm, College of Horticulture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. The ten integrated treatments consisting of inorganic nutrients, biofertilizers and Arka vegetable special were arranged in a randomized block design with three replications. Results revealed that maximum Vitamin- C (65.70 mg 100 g-1), Carotene content (10.59 mg 100 g-1) and Chlorophyll (41.63 SPAD units) were recorded with the application of 50% RDF + Arka Microbial Consortium (AMC) @ 5 kg/ha + Potassium Solubulizing Bacteria (KSB) @ 2.5 kg/ha + Arka vegetable special @ 5 gm/litre in the treatment (T9) and Lowest moisture content (84.46%) with minimum PLW (47.24%) which ultimately increases the shelf life (2.99 days) were also recorded in the same treatment T9.