Effact of oranic, inorganic and biofertilizer on growth,yield and quality of cabbage cv var pride of india
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An experiment was conducted to study the effects of organic and inorganic fertilizers on vegetative growth yield, quality and returns of cabbage var. Pride of India. Vegetative charactersviz. mean number of leaves, circumference of stem and leaf area was found maximum in thetreatment involving 25% RDF + 75% FYM. Head yield per plot and head yield per hectarewere obtained maximum in the treatment applied with 25% RDF + 75% FYM. Quality parameterviz. mean TSS of head, mean ascorbic acid, staying capacity of head, keeping quality of headwere obtained superior in the treatment applied with 25% RDF+75% FYM, except shape indexwhich was found superior in the treatment applied with 25% RDF + 75% Teracare. The sametreatment of 25% RDF + 75 FYM obtained the highest gross income, % increase over grossreturn, and net return over control. While benefit cost ratio was found maximum under treatment50% RDF + 50 % Biomeal.