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The present experiment was laid out in randomized block design maintaining three replications during the Rabi season of 2017-18 on three major Rabi season crops viz., cabbage, cauliflower, and French bean under four treatment viz., Sabuj Gold as principle sole nutrient supplement with recommended organic and inorganic plant protection inputs as well as recommended standard crop-specific inorganic cultivation practice to evaluate the bio-effectiveness of SABUJ GOLD as main organic manure. The result showed that 100% Organic Manure (Sabuj Gold as a primary nutrient supplement) + full organic recommended certified inputs (plant protection measures) had a predominant significant effect on almost all the characters under study, specifically plant height (26.89 cm in cabbage, 45.32 cm in cauliflower and 55.24 cm in French bean), number of primary branches (7.84 in French bean), leaf quantitative parameters, individual head weight in cabbage (1.32 g), curd weight of cauliflower (1.31 g), pod weight (3.37 g) and pod per plant (46.34) in French bean, yield (32.37 t/ha in cabbage, 17.58 t/ha in cauliflower and 8.94 t/ha in French bean), ascorbic acid in cabbage (65.24 mg/100g) and total chlorophyll in cabbage (445.61 mg/100 g). However, 100% Organic Manure (Sabuj Gold as a primary nutrient supplement) + full recommended inorganic supplement (plant protection measures) showed a significant effect on multiple characters such as  germination percentage (88.52 %) and ascorbic acid (31.62 mg/100 g) in cabbage, total chlorophyll (424.75 mg/ 100 g in cauliflower and 134.95 mg / 100g in French bean). From the above discussion, it could be concluded that Sabuj Gold as a substitute for inorganic plant nutrient along with organic or inorganic plant protection measures could be very effective in enhancement of important yield and quality-related characters of different commercially important vegetables.

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to study the performance of garden pea (Pisum sativum var hortense L.) varieties under conventional and organic nutrient sources. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with 3 three replications. Two growing conditions (conventional and organic) and seven garden pea varieties (namely, KSP-110, Arkel, Super Gold -10, PSM-3, Azad P-1, Monsson-10 and Kohinoor-10) were taken as treatment. Irrespective of treatments seeds were inoculated with Rhizobium leguminosarum (20gm/kg of seed). In the conventional condition, recommended dose of fertilizer of N:P 2 0 5 :K 2 0 (30:50:50 kg/ha) and FYM (15t/ha) was applied as nutrient source whereas, in organic condition the nutrient source was vermicompost @ 2 t/ha + Rock phosphate @ 106 kg/ha + Wood ash @ 1.17 t/ha + FYM (15t/ha). Higher yield was recorded in conventional sources of nutrients as compared to organic sources of nutrients. However, higher magnitude of quality parameters viz, protein %, beta carotene and ascorbic acid content was recorded in organic sources of nutrients. Under conventional sources of nutrients, KSP-110 recorded significantly higher yield of 13.03 t/ha followed by Kohinoor-10 (12.03 t/ha) and Monsoon-10 (10.15 t/ha). In organic sources of nutrients, the higher yield was recorded in Kohinoor-10 (11.48 t/ha) which was also statistically at par with KSP-110 (11.27 t/ha). Considering the fresh pod yield and benefit: cost ratio, the garden pea variety KSP-110 may be selected for growing under conventional nutrient sources whereas, Kohinoor -10 may be selected for growing with organic sources of nutrients under the terai zone of West Bengal.