Effect of Bio-fertilizers and Farm Yard Manure in Production of Tomato: A Review

Author: Rizwan Ali, Satish Yadav, Prashant Srivastav, Rajneesh Kumar, Muzeev Ahmad and Gargi Krishna

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Abstract

Bio-fertilizers are organic fertilizers that contain live microbial inoculants and may provide plants with otherwise inaccessible vitamins. Bio-fertilization is crucial in the development and application of sustainable agriculture practices in order to prevent the degradation of the environment and natural resources. The traditional methods of managing nutrients are becoming more and more necessary in order to increase soil nutrient content and decrease environmental contamination. In order to raise crop output, improve and restore soil fertility, promote plant development, lower production costs, and lessen the environmental effect associated with chemical fertilization; biofertilizers are seen as a viable and attractive biotechnology option. Numerous microorganisms, such as nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria (such as Azotobacter and Rhizobium), nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria (such as Anabaena), solubilizing phosphate bacteria (such as Pseudomonas), and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, are frequently utilized as biofertilizers. The findings demonstrated that the bio-fertilizers alone helped to keep the pH of the soil neutral and greatly increased its C, N, P, and K content.

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Tomato, INM, Organic manures, Bio fertilizers, growth, yield and quality

Conclusion

It can be safely concluded from the research on organic manure and bio-fertilizers on tomatoes that organic manure and bio-fertilizers play an important role in enhancing the maximum plant height, leaves per plant, number of branches per plant, length of internodes, and maximum number of flowers per plant in vegetative characters. Farm Yard Manure and bio-fertilizers were also effective for fruiting characteristics, producing maximum fruit weight, length, the volume of fruit per plant, and yield quintal/hector. It also works on TSS, acidity, total sugar, and vitamin C levels in tomatoes. After seeing all of this, we can conclude that Farm Yard Manure sand bio-fertilizers are quite beneficial to tomato growers.

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Rizwan Ali, Satish Yadav, Prashant Srivastav, Rajneesh Kumar, Muzeev Ahmad and Gargi Krishna (2022). Effect of Bio-fertilizers and Farm Yard Manure in Production of Tomato: A Review. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(4): 828-832.