Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management on Growth, Flowering and Yield of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.)

Efficacy of Azotobacter and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria on Vegetative and Floral Attributes of African Marigold (Tagetes Erecta L.) Cv. Pusa Narangi Gainda under Hilly Regions of Uttarakhand

“…Increase in the branches applied with Azotobacter, PSB and RDF might be due to the better flow of macro and micro nutrients along with plant growth substances into the plant system, where it might have favoured the production & stimulation of auxillary buds which further have resulted in formation of more number of primary and secondary branches. Similar findings were also reported by Chougala [10] in Double Daisy, Nethra [11]in China-Aster and Kumawat et al [12]. in African marigold Leaves are the photosynthetic part of plant and the yield of crop is directly correlated to the number of leaves.…”

“…Mittal et al [19] also reported increased flower weight with combined application of 70% RDF + 3 t/ha Vermicompost + Azotobacter+ Azospirillum+ PSB. Kumawatet al [20] also reported increased flower with application of75% RDF + FYM @ 20 t ha-1+ azatobacter + PSB Yield is an important parameter to decide the efficacy of a treatment. Data recorded on number of flowers per plant are depicted in [ Table- 2] revealed that the maximum number of flowers per plant (52.39 ± 0.57) was observed from the plants grown in the plots applied with Azotobacter + PSB + RDF (T8) and it was found statistically at par with T4 (50.19 ± 0.17).…”

Impact of different organic and inorganic sources of nutrients on vegetative growth of marigold (<em>Tagetes erecta</em> L.) under agro-climatic conditions of Ajmer zone

“…These increases in cell might be due to the presence of some Auxins like NAA and IAA present in vermicompost. These findings are in conformity with the findings of Kumawat et al, (2017) [6] , Shaikh et al, (2018) [12] and Yadav et al, (2018) [18] . The maximum number of primary branches per plant (10.83, 14.44 and 18.80) at 30, 60 and 90 days after transplanting was recorded with T7 -75% RDF + FYM + VC + Biofertilizers, followed by treatment T6-75% RDF + VC + Biofertilizers, while, the maximum number of secondary branches per plant (10.74, 22.83 and 36.04) at 30, 60 and 90 days after transplanting was recorded with T7 -75% RDF + FYM + VC + Biofertilizers, during two years separately with pooled mean data.…”

Nutrient Status and Yield of French marigold as Influenced by Application of Spent Mushroom Compost, Biofertilizer and MKP Foliar Application

“…In addition foliar application through MKP also promoted better uptake of nutrients and hence resulted in higher utilization and translocation. Similar findings have been reported by Laishram et al [7] and Laishram et al [8] in chrysanthemum, Singh et al [9] and Singh et al [10] in carnation, Kumawat et al [11], Goutham et al [12] in marigold.…”