Effect of Organic Manure on the Yield of Summer Cabbage Var. Summer Queen Under Tripura Condition
Dipankar Dey*
KVK, West Tripura, Chebri, Khowai–799207, Tripura
Subhra Shil
KVK, West Tripura, Chebri, Khowai–799207, Tripura
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Organic Manure, Cabbage, Vermicompost, Neem Cake, Mahua Cake
Abstract
A field trial was conducted at Demonstration farm of KVK, West Tripura during the year 2013–14 to study the effect of different organic manures like FYM (20 ton/ha), Vermicompost (10 ton/ha), Poultry manure (5 ton/ha) and mixture of Neem cake, Mahua cake (3 ton/ha) on growth and yield of cabbage in comparison with the recommended dose of fertilizer and one absolute control. The growth and yield was enhanced in RDF treatment than rest of the treatments. However, among the organic manure the mixture of Neem cake and Mahua cake showed the highest plant height (28.75 cm) followed by poultry manure. The number of leaves was higher (28.5 leaves) in mixture of Neem cake and Mahua cake mixture and vermicompost treatments and almost at par in other treatments. The average plant spread was also maximum (39.55 cm) in Neem and Mahua cake mixture treatment. The early initiation of head (35 days after transplanting) and early harvesting (at 75 days after transplanting) were observed in poultry manure and delayed in FYM treatments. The diameter, weight and volume of head was maximum (16.05 cm, 1.05 kg and 725.0 ml respectively) in the Neem and Mahua cake mixture treatment followed by Vermicompost, Poultry manure and FYM treatments. The yield in the Neem and Mahua cake mixture was highest followed by Vermicompost, Poultry manure and FYM. The highest shelf life was gained by Vermicompost and mixture of Neem cake and Mahua cake treatment.
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