Abstracts |
The effect of vermicompost, farmyard manure (FYM) and biofertilizers on the nutritional quality of cole crops, i.e. cabbage cv. Bahar, cauliflower cv. Tushar, knolkhol (Brassica caulerpa [B. oleracea var. gongylodes] cv. Sungrow), was investigated in the bank of Godavari river, Nanded, Maharashtra, India. The treatments comprise T1-control (no fertilizer); T2-FYM (11.3 t/ha); T3-vermicompost (11.3 t/ha); T4-mixture of biofertilizers (Azotobacter, phosphorous solubilizing bacteria and vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza) at 3 kg/ha. There was significant increase in percentage dry matter, protein, carbohydrate, vitamin C and calcium contents of curd of all the cole crops due to application of vermicompost fertilizers. |