STUDIES ON INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF CARROT (Daucus carota L.)

D.P. SINGH¹, SANJAY KUMAR²*, SUTANU MAJI³, VIJAY KUMAR PANDEY^4
1Department of Applied Plant Science (Horticulture), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya - Vihar, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow, 226025
²Department of Applied Plant Science (Horticulture), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya - Vihar, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow, 226025
³Department of Applied Plant Science (Horticulture), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya - Vihar, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow, 226025
⁴Department of Applied Plant Science (Horticulture), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya - Vihar, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow, 226025
* Corresponding Author : sanjay123_bhu@yahoo.co.in

Received : 22-02-2016     Accepted : 30-07-2016     Published : 27-10-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 51       Pages : 2187 - 2188
Int J Agr Sci 8.51 (2016):2187-2188

Keywords : Nutrient management, Nutritional quality
Academic Editor : Dr Levent Arin
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The present experiment entitled “Studies on integrated nutrient management on growth, yield and quality of carrot (Daucus carota L.) cv. Pusa Rudhira” was conducted at Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Applied Plant Science (Horticulture), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow during year of 2013-14. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with twelve treatments and three replications. The treatment combinations were control, recommended dose of fertilizers (RDF), 100% Azotobacter, 100% Azospirillum, 100% PSB, 50% RDF + 50% Azotobacter, 50% RDF + 50% Azospirillum, 50% RDF + 50% PSB, 50% Azotobacter + 50% Azospirillum, 50% Azotobacter + 50% PSB, 50% PSB + 50% Azospirillum and 25% RDF+25% FYM +25% vermin-compost +25% PSB. The observations were recorded on vegetative characters, yield and physico-chemical quality of roots. From the analysis of data, it can be concluded that the application of 25% PSB + 25% Azospirillum + 25% RDF+ 25% Azotobacter (T12) increased the growth, yield and nutritional quality of carrot grown under subtropical condition.