Vol. 10, Issue 2 (2021)

Author(s):
Chandraprakash Yadav, Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Manish Kumar Singh, Sapna Roy and Prashant Tiwari

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at the Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, National Post Graduate College, Barhalganj, Gorakhpur (U.P.), India, in 2019-2020. The experiment was laid out in RBD with ten treatments replicated three times. Treatments were consisted of control (no fertilizer added), F.Y.M., Vermicompost and Azotobactor and RDF (NPK @ 150kg: 100kg: 50kg per ha). The observations were recorded on various growth, yield related traits and shelf life of turnip and subjected to statistical analysis. The results revealed that maximum plant height T₉ (56.33cm), no. of leaves (20.33), leaf length (52.07cm), Leaf width (17.67cm), Crown diameter (5.55cm), Tuber weight (388.55g), tuber length (8.09cm), root diameter (12.25cm), Fresh weight of whole plant (645.85g), Tuber yield/plot (5.05kg) and Yield/ha (41.41tn), Shelf life (17.11days) were recorded with the treatment T₉ (RDF 20% + Vermicompost @ 40% + Azotobactor @ 40%), while control exhibited very poor performance for these traits. These findings have drawn the conclusion that integrated nutrient management significantly enhanced the growth, yield and shelf life of turnip with more profitable cost benefit ratio (3.70).