Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper


Vol.30, Issue 3, 2024

Page Number: 1149-1153

EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC MEDIA ON GROWTH AND QUALITY OF RADISH (RAPHANUS SATIVUS L.)

M. Kumaresan, K. Khanchana, N. Bavya, R. Arthi4 and C. Yogambal

Abstract

An experiment was carried out to study the effect of different organic median on growth, and quality of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) in Completely Random Design (CRD) with nine treatments and replicated thrice. In this study, the different organic media comprise of Goat manure, FYM, Vermicompost, Soil + FYM + Cocopeat (2:1:1), FYM + goat manure (1:1), Goat manure + FYM (2:1), FYM+ poultry manure (1:1), Poultry manure +FYM (2:1) and control (garden soil) were used a growing media. The study revealed that the FYM+ goat manure (1:1) recorded significantly the highest germination percentage (88.85), maximum shoot length (21.50 cm), leaf length (17.20 cm), leaf width (6.55 cm) and days required for earliest maturity (40.08). The root characters of root length (16.51cm) and root diameter (3.69cm) was also recorded maximum in treatment FYM + goat manure (1:1) compared to control. The results of the experiment conducted in the present investigation led to the conclusion that that the media of FYM + goat manure (1:1) can be recommended to enhance the growth and quality of Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) for pot cultivation.