Effect of Organic and Biofertilizers on Growth Parameters in Black Pepper (Piper Nigrum L.)

Abstract

India is known as the “Land of spices” from time immemorial and emerged as a leading country in respect of area, production and export of spices in the world. Black pepper (Piper nigrum), known as “king of spices”, is a perennial export cash crop in India. An experiment was conducted at Horticultural Research Station, Yercaud, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore with an objective to study the effect of organic and biofertilizers on growth parameters in Black Pepper. Experiment was laid out with six treatments replicated four times in a randomized block design. Among the treatments of organic manures and biofertilizers viz., vine lengths were recorded at initial stage (before the commencement of trial), flowering stage and harvesting stage. Internodal length and leaf area were recorded at flowering stage and harvesting stage, the vine length (8.91,9.01 & 9.12 m), internodal length (5.11 & 5.20 cm) and leaf area (88.17 & 89.35 cm2 ) was higher in the combined application (T3 ) of FYM, Neem Cake, Azospirillum and Phosphobacteria compare to over control.