Comparison of the Effect of Vermicompost and Inorganic Fertilizers on Vegetative Growth and Fruit Production of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53820#.VNR6ICzQrzE Author(s) Md. Abul Kashem * , Ashoka Sarker , Imam Hossain , Md. Shoffikul Islam Affiliation(s) Department of Soil Science, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh . ABSTRACT <span "="">This study attempted to compare the effect of cow manure vermicompost and inorganic fertilizers on the vegetative growth and fruits of tomato plant ( Solanum lycopersicum L.). An air dried sandy loam soil was mixed with five rates of vermicompost equivalent to 0 (control), 5, 10, 15 and 20 t ha -1 and three rates of NPK fertilizer equivalent to 50% (N-P-K = 69-16-35 kg ha -1 ), 100% (N-P-K = 137-32-70 kg ha -1 ) and 200% (N-P-K = 274-64-140 kg ha -1 ). The treatments were replicated three times. The data revealed that shoot length, number of leaves, dry matter weight of shoots and roots, fruit number and fruit weight were influenced significa...