2024, Vol. 9, Special Issue 5

A field study was conducted at Research Farm of All India Coordinated Research Project on Agroforestry, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Maharashtra to study the “Effect of manures and fertilizers on Growth, Yield and Economics of Turmeric in Lateritic Soils of Konkan” during Kharif 2023. An experiment was framed in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications and consisted of ten treatments viz., T₁ (Absolute control), T₂ (100% RDF), T₃ (100% RDF + Vermicompost @ 7.5 t h^a-1), T₄ (100% RDF + PSB @ 5 kg ha^-1), T₅ (50% RDF + Vermicompost @ 7.5 t ha^-1 + PSB @ 5 kg ha^-1), T₆ (75% RDF + Vermicompost @ 7.5 t ha-1 + PSB @ 5 kg ha^-1), T₇ (100% RDF + Vermicompost @ 7.5 t ha^-1 + PSB @ 5 kg ha^-1), T₈ (Vermicompost @ 7.5 t ha-1 + PSB @ 5 kg ha-1), T₉ (Vermicompost @ 7.5 t ha^-1 alone), T₁₀ (PSB @ 5 kg ha^-1 alone). The data revealed that application of treatment T7 i.e. 100% RDF + Vermicompost @ 7.5 t/ha + PSB @ 5 kg ha^-1 resulted in the highest plant height (80.06 cm), number of tillers (4.78) and yield (18.65 t ha^-1) of turmeric, which was found to be at par with application of treatment T₆ i.e. 75% RDF + Vermicompost @ 7.5 t/ha + PSB @ 5 kg ha^-1. In summary the application of 100% RDF + Vermicompost @ 7.5 t/ha + PSB @ 5 kg ha^-1 exhibited multifaceted benefits for enhancing crop production and economic returns with B:C ratio (2.61).