STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF ORGANIC SOURCES ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF CARROT (DAUCUS CARROTA L.)

The present investigation entitled "Studies on the effect of organic sources on growth and yield of carrot (Daucus carrota L.)" was laid out on the experiment of site of Agriculture Farm of Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrackoot, M.P. (Satna) during rabi season 2017-2018.The experiment was conducted in 6 RBD with different level of Organic manures.The application was replicated thrice times and was allocated at random in each replication.The treatments consisted six levels of organic manure (O 1 : FYM @ 10 t ha -1 ,O 2 : Vermicompost @ 5 t ha -1 ,O 3 : FYM@ 5 t ha -1 + Panchagavya (Spray)-3 times + irrigation with Jiwamrit, O 4 : Vermicompost @2.5 t ha -1 +Panchagavya, O 5 : FYM @5 t ha -1 Vermivash + seed treatment with bijamrit and O 6 : Vermicompost @ 2.5 t ha -1 + vermivash).The application of O4: Vermicompost @ 2.5 t ha -1 + Panchagavya significantly increased growth and yield attributes viz., plant height (cm), number of leaves per plant, fresh weight of leaves per plant, length of root per plant, diameter (cm) of root per plant, fresh weight of root per plant, dry matter of leaves(%), per cent of dry matter of roots, gross yield of root per plot (kg), gross yield of root (t ha -1 ) of carrot.