Effect of Biofertilizers, Chemical fertilizers and Vermicompost on Biochemistry of Andrographis paniculata Nees
1Sushma Mishra and 2Aruna Jain
Department of Botany, Sarojini Naidu Govt. Girls P.G (Autonomous) College Shivaji Nager, Bhopal. mishrasushma21@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Andrographis paniculata Nees (Kalmegh) is a medicinal herb and belongs to the family Acanthaceae. It is being effectively used in treating a variety of illnesses. The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design (RBD) with 8 treatments i.e. T1-NT, T2- VC, T3-BF, T4-CF, T5-BF+VC, T6-BF+CF, T7 - CF+VC, T8-BF+CF+VC. The analysis revealed significant increase in chlorophyll and protein content at different stages of plant. At 45DAS, 75 DAS stage, 105 DAS and 135 DAS stage, maximum chlorophyll content was 3.8 mg/g, 4.8 mg/g, 5.1mg/g, 5.9 mg/g and maximum protein content was observed 5.0 mg/g, 5.9 mg/g, 6.6 mg/g, 7.2 mg/g in T8 plot treated with BF+CF+VC in combination. From these results it can be concluded that the application of bio fertilizers, chemical fertilizers and vermicompost in integrated manner is best approach for increasing biochemical contents i.e. chlorophyll, protein. Thus, can be an alternative to chemical fertilizers.