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The present investigation was conducted on bottle gourd at progressive farmer’s field located at Village- Khajua, Post- Mahsanw, Distt. - Rewa (M.P.) during spring- summer seasons of 2013 and 2014, to find out the Impact of different organic and inorganic fertilizers on sustainable production of bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria L.) cv. Pusa Naveen . The experimental material for the present investigation was comprised of sixteen treatments with three replications with spacing of 2.0 m × 0.5 m and of 4.0 m × 3.0 m of plot size. Present investigation clearly indicated the beneficial effect of integrated nutrient management on yield and growth characters of bottle gourd.The results revealed that the plants received 100% RDF of NPK + FYM @ 10 t ha-1 + Vermicompost @ 5 t ha-1 + Poultry manure @ 2.5 t ha-1 had a beneficial effect on bottle gourd viz., maximum vine length (183.09cm), number of nodes branch-1 (18.76), maximum length of internodes(11.10 cm), maximum no. of branches plant-1(9.04). INM packages on Maximum fruit yield plot-1 (34.75 kg) and fruit yield ha-1 (463.31q) was found in the same treatment. Organic manures alone or in combination with inorganic fertilizer significantly hances vegetative growth of bottle gourd plants and substantially improves the fruit yield of the bottle gourd cultivars.
Keywords: Bottle gourd, Vremicompost, Azospirillum, Poultry manure, FYM, Vine length.