2024, Vol. 7, Issue 10, Part D

The present investigation was conducted at the Agricultural Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, at Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur (Rajasthan) during the Rabi season of 2023-24 to study the "Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management on Growth, Yield, and Quality of Spinach Beet (Beta vulgaris var. bengalensis)." The experiment was arranged in a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 12 treatments, each replicated three times using the variety 'All Green.' The treatments were: Control (T0), Poultry Manure (4 tons/ha) (T1), Vermicompost (10 tons/ha) (T2), Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB) - 10 kg/ha (T3), Azotobacter (100%) - 10 kg/ha (T4), RDF (50%) + Poultry Manure (50%) (T5), RDF (50%) + Vermicompost (50%) (T6), RDF (25%) + Poultry Manure (50%) + PSB (25%) (T7), RDF (25%) + Vermicompost (50%) + PSB (25%) (T8), RDF (25%) + Poultry Manure (50%) + Azotobacter (25%) (T9), RDF (25%) + Vermicompost (50%) + Azotobacter (25%) (T10), RDF (25%) + Vermicompost (25%) + PSB (25%) + Azotobacter (25%) (T11).

The maximum values for plant height (25.07 cm), the number of leaves per plant (36.22 cm), fresh weight of the whole plant (118.68 g), fresh weight of shoot (74.45 g), fresh weight of root (44.12 g), yield/ plot (6.79 kg/ha), yield (107.50 q/ha), moisture content (90.35%), shelf life (2.44 days), Vitamin A (12.67 IU/100 g), Ascorbic acid content (63.80 mg/100 g), chlorophyll (38.90 mg/100 g), and iron content (1.71 mg/100 g) were recorded in T11, which applied RDF (25%) + Vermicompost (25%) + PSB (25%) + Azotobacter (25%). And the shoot-to-root ratio (2.76) was highest in T5.