Author: Vipendra Kumar, Sohan Singh Walia, Vajinder Pal Kalra, Tamanpreet Kaur, Ahmed Gaber, Mohammed Ali Alshehri, Akbar Hossain
Citation: Kumar, Vipendra, et al. "Organic manure combined with biofertilizer influences the growth, herb yield, oil content and soil health of Japanese Mentha (Mentha arvensis L.)." Journal of Plant Nutrition (2025): 1-19.
Abstract:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01904167.2025.2499134
Mentha (Mentha arvensis L.) is one of the predominant cash crops in India. However, it is a heavy feeder of nutrients. Organic sources of nutrients help individuals obtain adequate nutrients and maintain favorable physicochemical and biological soil environments. The present study was conducted to evaluate the response of Mentha crops to different combinations of nutrients and microbial biofertilizer from 2020 to 2022. The experiment was carried out with a randomized complete block design with four replications and eight treatments, viz., T1 – Control, T2 – Recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) (N 75 kg ha−1, P2O5 20 kg ha−1), T3 – RDF + water soaking of roots, T4 – RDF + root soaking with biofertilizer, T5 – RDF + biofertilizer @ 10 kg ha−1, T6 − 100% N from farmyard manure (FYM) + water soaking of roots, T7 − 100% N from FYM + root soaking with biofertilizer and T8 − 100% N from FYM + biofertilizer @ 10 kg ha−1. The findings of the present study revealed that the T8 treatment (100% N from FYM + biofertilizer @10 kg ha−1) significantly outperformed the other treatments and had the highest growth and yield attributes, viz., emergence count, stool count, plant height, leaf area index, leaf-to-stem ratio, and fresh and dry herb yields, and improved the physical and chemical properties of the soil.
Author: Vipendra Kumar, Sohan Singh Walia, Vajinder Pal Kalra, Tamanpreet Kaur, Ahmed Gaber, Mohammed Ali Alshehri, Akbar Hossain
Citation: Kumar, Vipendra, et al. "Organic manure combined with biofertilizer influences the growth, herb yield, oil content and soil health of Japanese Mentha (Mentha arvensis L.)." Journal of Plant Nutrition (2025): 1-19.
Abstract:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01904167.2025.2499134
Mentha (Mentha arvensis L.) is one of the predominant cash crops in India. However, it is a heavy feeder of nutrients. Organic sources of nutrients help individuals obtain adequate nutrients and maintain favorable physicochemical and biological soil environments. The present study was conducted to evaluate the response of Mentha crops to different combinations of nutrients and microbial biofertilizer from 2020 to 2022. The experiment was carried out with a randomized complete block design with four replications and eight treatments, viz., T1 – Control, T2 – Recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) (N 75 kg ha−1, P2O5 20 kg ha−1), T3 – RDF + water soaking of roots, T4 – RDF + root soaking with biofertilizer, T5 – RDF + biofertilizer @ 10 kg ha−1, T6 − 100% N from farmyard manure (FYM) + water soaking of roots, T7 − 100% N from FYM + root soaking with biofertilizer and T8 − 100% N from FYM + biofertilizer @ 10 kg ha−1. The findings of the present study revealed that the T8 treatment (100% N from FYM + biofertilizer @10 kg ha−1) significantly outperformed the other treatments and had the highest growth and yield attributes, viz., emergence count, stool count, plant height, leaf area index, leaf-to-stem ratio, and fresh and dry herb yields, and improved the physical and chemical properties of the soil.