Ankit Singh, Ankit Singh, Shivaraj Kumar Verma, Yogesh Chandra Patel and Sunil Singh
Abstract
The current investigation was carried out at the main experimental station, Department of Horticulture, Udai Pratap (Autonomous) College, Varanasi (U.P). Impact of biofertilizers and different organic manures on growth and yield of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cv. Bhagya during rabi season of the year 2023-24. A Block Design that was Randomized used in the trial, and seven treatment combinations were possible viz., T1 (FYM 20 t/ha + PSB 1.5 kg/ha), T2 (Azo 15 kg/ha + FYM 20 t/ha), T3 (Azo 15 kg /ha + PSB 1.5 kg /ha + FYM 20 t/ha), T4 (VC 5 t/ha+ FYM10 t/ha), T5 (Azo 10 kg/ha + PSB 1.5 kg/ha + VC 10 t/ha), T6 (Azo 7.5 kg /ha + PSB 1.5 kg/ha + VC 2.5 t/ha + FYM 10 t/ha) and T7(Control (RDF 100% ) and Three duplicates of each treatment were conducted. Analysis of the data showed that, under the specific agroclimatic conditions of the area, the effects of bio-fertilizers and other organic manures on key metrics such as tomato yield, and vegetative development were highly influenced. In terms of several vegetative growth and yield the treatment (T6) had a substantial impact on plant height (58.46 cm 90DAT), Number of branches/plant (12.00 90DAT), Leaf area index (38.62 cm2), Days to 50% flowering (63.2), Number of clusters/branch (4.29), Number of flowers /cluster(11.10), Fruit weight (44.25 g), Number of fruit/plant (21.37), Yield (348.14 quintal/hectare). While, the lowest yield (285.18 quintal/hectare) were noted in Control (T7 RDF 100%).