COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS ON GROWTH OF SPINACIA OLERACEA L.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56588/iabcd.v2i1.146Keywords:
Spinacia oleracea L., Organic farming, Inorganic farmingAbstract
The comparative effects of organic and inorganic fertilisers on spinach are the basis of this study. Biological insecticides and fertilisers made from plant or animal waste are used in organic farming as a farming method. Inorganic fertilisers such as muriate of potash, urea, urea-ammonium nitrate mixtures, and anhydrous ammonia (potassium chloride). The experiment was conducted on Spinacia olearcea L. and various parameters such as root length, shoot length, leaf length, root weight, shoot weight, leaf weight and number of leaves were considered in this experiment. After meticulous observations and study, it was concluded that organic farming showed better results in terms of growth as compared to inorganic farming of spinach with chemical fertiliser.
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