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Organic amendments for growth, yield and quality of Green Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.)
1  Assam Agricultural University
Academic Editor: Dr. Amanullah

Published: 18 April 2024 by MDPI in 2nd International Online Conference on Agriculture session Crop Production;
Abstract:

Fresh and green leafy vegetables are an inevitable part human nutrition. Leafy coriander is one of the most important condiments in the world which requires adequate fertilizer input for higher production. Expanding population constraints have compelled many countries to use pesticides and fertilisers to boost farm production in order to fulfil their ever-increasing food demand. To stimulate rapid and sumptuous growth of the leafy vegetables like coriander, farmers apply a lot of nitrogenous fertilisers resulting in poor quality and shelf life. Application of organic amendments can solve this issue by improving the quality of coriander as well as prolonging its shelf life. Moreover, a good research work has been done in India and abroad on coriander as a seed spice, but as a condiment limited research has been conducted. Hence, the present investigation was taken up. The experiment was laid out with 7 treatments in Randomized Block Design and replicated 3 times in the organic block of Experimental Farm at Assam Agricultural University, India. The data of the respective field experiment were subjected to appropriate statistical analysis as per procedure given by Panse and Sukhatme. The result of the present investigation revealed that T₇ (Enriched compost @ 5 t ha-1) could produce the maximum yield with the highest benefit-cost ratio of 3.18 along with the best performance in the quality of produce. Therefore, T₇ can be inferred as farmer’s friendly for sustainable production, higher net return and good quality which can be taken into consideration for adoption under field conditions.

Keywords: Coriander; Amendments; Organic; Sustainable; Enriched compost

 
 
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