A Comparative Study on the Vegetative Growth of Brassia oleracea Linn. var. gongylodes Linn. (Brassicaceae) using Eco-friendly Fertilizers and Chemical Fertilizer.
- Author Goutam Bhakta
- DOI
- Country : India
- Subject : Botany
Keywords : Brassica oleracea var gongylodes, ecofriendly fertilizer, chemical fertilizer, vegetative growth
Abstract
The increasing human population, indiscriminate growth of cities and immense industrialization have led to the vanishing of fertile lands which used to produce food and raw materials for the existing population. In Agriculture use of Chemical fertilizer was a best practice since past. To increase the quantitative production of food for increasing high rate of population throughout globe the new concept was adopted which includes the excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The fate of this best practice today result in the increase of toxicity, salinity, sodicity and erosion of the soil, great loss of water holding capacity and productivity of the soil and also increasing the hazards and outbreak of pests, diseases and weeds. To overcome the dangerous affects from chemical fertilizers modern day since has tried to develop ecofriendly technology organic farming. The non-chemical fertilizers are used today fastly by the developing countries in all the fields of agriculture in lieu of chemical fertilizer. We have an attempt to apply the Farm Yard Manure (FYM), vermicompost and chemical fertilizer to observe the comparative growth efficiency in the field of vegetable crops. Experimentally FYM vermicompost and chemical fertilizers were applied on the Brassica oleracea Linn var. gongylodes Linn (Brassicaceae) a popular vegetable in India. In the Experimental Garden many sets for FYM vermicompost and chemical fertilizers were prepared for cultivation. Different parameters eg. Number of leaf development, diameter of the storage organ, vitality and stability of the plant as a whole etc. were considered for the observation of the growth pattern in the cases of FYM, vermicompost and chemical fertilizer. The experimental results were recorded every fifteen days interval upto sixty days. The experimental finding reflect the hopeful results from which a meaningful and justified conclusion come out that vermicompost is a best competent of the chemical fertilizer.
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