2025, Vol. 8, Issue 6, Part N

author(s)
Tanka Bohra, Vinay Joseph Silas and Jitendra Kumar

abstract
The present study was aimed at studying the Effect of organic manures practices on growth and yield of Palak (Beta vulgaris var. Begalensis Hort). The field experiment was conducted during the Rabi season, 2024-2025 at the experimental unit of the Horticulture Research Farm, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Allied Industries, Rama University, Kanpur (U.P.), Kanpur. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with ten treatment combinations, which were replicated three times. The treatments comprised FYM (100%), FYM (75%)+ Poultry manure (25%) FYM (75%) + Vermicompost (25%), FYM (50%) + Poultry manure(50%), FYM (50%) + Vermicompost (50%), FYM (25%) + Poultry manure(75%), FYM (25%) + Vermicompost (75%), FYM (50%) + Poultry manure(25%)+ Vermicompost (25%), FYM (25%) + Poultry manure(50%)+ Vermicompost (25%) and FYM (25%) + Poultry manure(25%)+ Vermicompost (50%). The green leaf yield of palak from different treatment combinations was studied for growth, yield and quality attributes. The critical evaluation of the results of the present investigation clearly showed the beneficial effect of organic manures on growth, yield and quality of palak. The treatment receiving T₈ FYM (50%) + Poultry manure(25%)+ Vermicompost (25%) has produced significantly superior results in terms of growth, yield and quality of palak viz., plant height (52.05), number of leaves per plant (33.57), leaf length (cm) (14.47), leaf width (cm) (8.55), leaf area (cm2) (107.92), fresh green yield per plant (g) (106.36), fresh green yield per plot (kg) (4.36), fresh green yield (q ha^-1) (218.01) and ascorbic acid (content) (109.02)