Evaluation of Cow Based Bio-Enhancers on Production of Broccoli (Brassica oleracea)

Seeing the adverse impact of excessive use of agrochemicals on soil health and environment, Government of India promotes organic farming. Number of cow-based bio-enhancers like ‘Bijamrut’, ‘Jivamrita’, ‘Panchgavya’, ‘Amrutpani’, ‘Sanjivak’ etc. have been developed in different organic farming systems. In this investigation total 07 treatments [Control, Panchgavya (4%), Jivamrita (20%), Vermiwash (1:5 time dilution), Panchgavya (4%)+Jivamrita (20%), Panchgavya (4%) + Vermiwash (1:5 time dilution), Jivamrita (20%) +Vermiwash (1:5 time dilution) were used and excellent results were observed of Panchgavya (4%) and Panchgavya (4%)+Jivamrita (20%) in different characters e.g. Days to first visible curd, Length of stem, Length of stem, Diameter of stems, Weight of curd, Diameter of curd, Yield/plot and Yield/ha.