RESPONSE OF GARLIC (Allium sativum L.) TO ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS

SANJAY KUMAR¹, I.S. NARUKA², R.P.S. SHAKTAWAT³*, O.P. SINGH⁴, K.C. MEENA^5
1Department of Plantation, Spice, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, College of Horticulture, Mandsaur, 458001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh
²Department of Plantation, Spice, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, College of Horticulture, Mandsaur, 458001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh
³ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Agar Malwa, 465441, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India
⁴Department of Plantation, Spice, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, College of Horticulture, Mandsaur, 458001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh
⁵Department of Plantation, Spice, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, College of Horticulture, Mandsaur, 458001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh
* Corresponding Author : rpssbkn@yahoo.co.in

Received : 01-04-2019     Accepted : 12-04-2019     Published : 15-04-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 7       Pages : 8209 - 8211
Int J Agr Sci 11.7 (2019):8209-8211

Keywords : Garlic, FYM, NPK, PSB, Azotobacter
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to College of Horticulture, Mandsaur, 458001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

A field experiment was conducted during the rabi season of 2016-17 to study the effect of organic and inorganic fertilizer on growth, yield attributes, yield, quality and economics of garlic (Allium sativum L.). The eight treatment combinations of different fertilizers doses, FYM and biofertilizers (PSB and Azotobacter) were tested in randomized block design with three replications. Organic and inorganic fertilizer significantly influenced growth, yield attributes, yield, quality and economics of garlic. Application of 75% RDF + FYM (20 tones/ha) + PSB (5 kg /ha) + Azotobacter (3 kg/ha) treatment significantly increased the bulb yield by 90.37 and 24.47 percent over control (83.11 q/ha) and 100% RDF (100:60:60 kg/ha) (127.11 q/ha) treatments, respectively.

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