IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319-1775 Online 2320-7876

Impacts of Natural Manure on Development and Yield ofSolanum lycopersicum

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Vijiya Bajpai and *Bhagyashree Deshpande

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An experiment was carried out during the rabi season of 2019–2020 toexamine the beneficial benefits of organic fertilizer on Solanum lycopersicum growth and yield. Fivetreatments were split up into three (03) compacted replicate blocks in the experiment,which was set up using a randomized complete block design (RCBD). T1: 100%Recommended Chemical Fertilizer (RCF), T2: 85% CF + 3 tha-1 Organic Fertilizer(OF), T3: 85% CF + 1 tha-1 OF, T4: 70% CF + 3 tha-1 OF, and T5: 70% CF + 1tha-1 OF were the different treatments. Due to a higher quantity and weight of fruitplants-1, T2 had the best production (50.59 t ha-1), whereas T5 had the lowest yield(35.32 t ha-1). These outcomes could be a result of the parameters of growthcomponents increasing with the application of more organic and inorganic fertilizers.Plots treated with a combination of organic and inorganic fertilizer yielded more thanplots untreated with the fertilizer. T2 therapy had the highest gross return (BDT:607080), whereas T5 treatment had the lowest gross return (BDT: 423840). T2produced the highest gross margin (BDT. 328520 ha-1). T5 provided the lowest grossmargin (Tk. 145280 ha-1). The best strategy for increasing tomato output in India isintegrated nutrient management (a combination of organic and inorganic fertilizer).

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