Effect of Organic and Inorganic Manures on Growth and Yield of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) cv. Arka Anamika

Abstract

The field experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Research CRC Farm – 1 of the Department of Horticulture, School of Agriculture, ITM University Gwalior (M.P.) during the year 2022 to study the effect of organic and inorganic manure on growth, yield and quality of okra. The experiment was laid out in the randomized block design with three replications and twelve treatments viz. FYM, Vermicompost, FYM + Vermicompost, 50% RDF + FYM, 50 % RDF + Vermicompost, 50 % RDF +FYM + Vermicompost, 75% RDF +FYM), 75% RDF + Vermicompost, 75% RDF +FYM +Vermicompost, 100% RDF +FYM), 100% RDF + Vermicompost, 100 % RDF +FYM + Vermicompost. A single standard variety (Arka Anamika) is sown with the different treatment combination with the plant to plant and row to row spacing maintained at 45 cm x 60 cm respectively. On the basis of the study, the results indicated that the application of 100% RDF +FYM + Vermicompost in Arka Anamika recorded significantly higher plant height (80.20 cm), number of branches per plant (8.58), number of leaves per plant at 90 DAS (68.83). However, higher yield (5.89q /ha) was recorded with the application of the 100% RDF +FYM + Vermicompost. Thus, integrated application of organic and inorganic manures improves the growth and yield of okra crop.