The response of garden bean variety Konkan Bushan to organic manures along with biofertilisers as a substitute to chemical fertilizers was studied at olericulture unit, Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamali University. Among the treatments tested inoculation of Rhizobium and Vesicular arbuscular mycorrihae (VAM) along with vermicompost and vermiwash yielded better than uninoculated and controlled treatments. As a result of increased nutrient uptake, nodulation and biological nitrogen fixation of Rhizobium, colonization of VAM and supplementation of nutrients through vermiwash and vermicompost derived from vegetable waste was found to be superior. Earliness in flowering was observed in the treatment Pressmud based vermicompost, VAM, Rhizobium along with vermiwash. The treatment supplied with Rhizobium and VAM along with flower waste vermicompost and spraying of vermiwash reigstered highest protein content. The treatment which received with pressmud based vermicompost, biofertilizer and vermiwash recorded highest fibre content. These result indicate that the garden bean being responds very well for inoculation of Rhizobium, VAM and vermicompost and its wash for providing all necessary nutrients in available form.
An experiment was conducted to find the effect of different levels of nutrients through water soluble fertilizers along with Azophosmet and humic acid on nutrient uptake pattern of hybrid watermelon 'Kiran'. Application of 125 per cent of water soluble fertilizers viz., 250:125:125 kg/ha of NPK in addition to Azophosmet and humic acid showed the best performance in almost all the parameters studied in both seasons I and II, as it recorded the highest nitrogen uptake, phosphorus uptake and potassium uptake by plant and it showed an increasing trend from 30 th to 75 th DAS invariably in all the treatments during both the seasons studied. Control plots showed unsatisfactory results regarding all the parameters.
An experiment was conducted to find the effect of different levels of nutrients through water soluble fertilizers along with Azophosmet and humic acid on biochemical attributes of watermelon. Application of 125 per cent of water soluble fertilizers viz.,250:125:125 kg/ha of NPK in addition to Azophosmet and humic acid showed the best performance in almost all the parameters studied in both seasons I and II, as it recorded the highest total chlorophyll content
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