Response of okra seed production to bio-fertilizers Singh DP1,*, Chaubey T2, Singh B.2 1CSA University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 2ICAR-IIVR, Jakhini, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh *Corresponding author, Email: dpsinghjdrcsa@gmail.com
Online published on 21 May, 2018. Abstract An experiment was conducted during rainy season of 2013–14, 2014–15 and 2015–16 at Vegetable Research Station, Kalyanpur of C.S. Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur. The soil of experimental field was sandy loam with low fertility. There were seven treatments comprised recommended dose of NPK, Azospirillum + recommended dose of NPK, Azospirillum + 75% N + recommended doses of P&K, Azospirillum + 50% N + recommended doses of P&K, PSB + recommended dose of NPK, PSB + 75% P + recommended doses of N&K and PSB + 50%P + recommended doses of N&K. The treatments were evaluated i.e. growth, yield contributing characters and seed yield of okra. The okra variety Azad Bhindi-1 was sown with recommended agronomical practices. The highest seed yield of okra by 15.69 q/ha was reaped from Azospirillum + recommended dose of NPK, followed by PSB + recommended dose of NPK (14.57 q/ha). The growth and yield contributing characters were concordant to the seed yield. Top Keywords Azospirillum, Bio-fertilizers, PSB, Okra, Seed. Top |