Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management on Growth and Flowering of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta) cv. Pusa Narangi Gainda

Abstract

Marigold, a member of the family Asteraceae, is native to Central and South America especially Mexico (Kaplan, 1960). Cultivated genera include Tagetes erecta and Tagetes patula, commonly referred to as African marigold and French marigold, respectively. African marigold is one of the most important loose flower crops grown commercially in many parts of the country. Flowers of marigold are used in garland-making, wreaths, as religious offering, in hall decoration, etc. It is in great demand as loose flower throughout

Impact of different organic and inorganic sources of nutrients on vegetative growth of marigold (<em>Tagetes erecta</em> L.) under agro-climatic conditions of Ajmer zone

“…Biofertilizers are microbial inoculants which are capable in nitrogen fixation, phosphorus solubilising and decomposing organic matter at a faster rate and thus help in improving the soil fertility and boosting crop productivity. These results confirm the findings of Sharma et al, (2017) [13] , Tiwari et al, (2018) [17] and Kumura et al, (2019) [7] in African marigold. The maximum plant spread (21.80, 27.83 and 34.94 cm 2 ) at 30, 60 and 90 days after transplanting was recorded with T7 -75% RDF + FYM + VC + Biofertilizers, followed by treatment T6-75% RDF + VC + Biofertilizers.…”

Effect of integrated nutrient management on flowering and yield attributing traits of marigold (<em>Tagetes erecta</em> L.) under agro-climatic conditions of Ajmer zone

“…The increase in flower yield might be due to active and rapid multiplication of bacteria especially in rhizosphere creating favourable ~ 7 ~ condition for nitrogen fixation and phosphorus solubilization at higher rate through nitrogen supply by nitrogenous fertilizers and supply of bio-fertilizers which leads to the robust growth and maximum increase in flowering span, flower diameter and flower number. These findings were in accordance with the result of Yadav et al, (2018) [20] , Patel et al, (2018) [10] , Kumura et al, (2019) [7] and Chaupoo et al, (2020) [4] in African marigold. In the present investigation, significantly higher flower yield per plot was observed under the combined application of different doses of NPK and organic manures (FYM and Vermicompost) along with bio-fertilizers.…”

Effect of Organic Manures and Chemical Fertilizers on the Growth, Yield and Quality Traits of Summer Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.)” cv. Punjab ChappanKaddu

“…T 9 (75% of the recommended dose of chemical fertilizer + EM Bokashi 2.5q/ha) resulted in minimum days to male flower appearance and the maximum days were observed in T 1 . The earliness in flowering may be due to the better translocation of nutrients to the aerial parts of the plants and enhancement of the reproductive phase due to the combined effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers as compared to exclusive inorganic fertilizers [18]. The results are in line with the findings of Martinetti and Paganini [11], Ezzo et al [19], Thriveni et al [14], Vishwakarma et al [9], Anjanappa et al [20] and Singh et al [21] who observed earliness with Integrated Nutrient Management.…”