~ 2853 ~ International Journal of Chemical Studies 2021; 9(1): 2853-2856 P-ISSN: 2349–8528 E-ISSN: 2321–4902 www.chemijournal.com IJCS 2021; 9(1): 2853-2856 © 2021 IJCS Received: 30-10-2020 Accepted: 06-12-2020 Shubham Sachan PG Student, Department of Horticulture Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India Vijay Bahadur Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India Vipin Masih Prasad Professor, Department of Horticulture Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India Corresponding Author: Shubham Sachan PG Student, Department of Horticulture Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India Effect of organic, inorganic and biofertilizer on growth, yield and quality attribute on brinjal crop Shubham Sachan, Vijay Bahadur and Vipin Masih Prasad DOI: https://doi.org/10.22271/chemi.2021.v9.i1an.11656 Abstract A field study was conducted during the Kharif season of 2019-20 at Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj to study about the “Effect of organic, inorganic and bio-fertilizer on growth, yield and quality attributing characters of Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) cv. Pusa Kranti”. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with 10 treatments replicated thrice. Bio-fertilizers and manures viz., PSB (Phosphorous solubilizing bacteria), VAM (Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhiza), FYM and Vermi compost, were used alone and in different combinations with chemical fertilizers. All the bio-fertilizers are applied as soil application method in which 200g of each bio-fertilizers are mixed in soil. Among all the treatments, it is noticed that the growth, yield and quality attributing parameters like plant height, number of primary branches, number of secondary branches, fruit length, fruit width, total number of fruits/ plot and fruit yield were found maximum with the application of 75% FYM + PSB + VAM+ 25% NPK and the minimum being recorded in control in which no bio-fertilizers and chemical fertilizers were used. So based on the results it could be concluded that the application of VAM and PSB in combination with 75% N, P & K favourably influenced the growth, yield and yield attributing characters in brinjal cv. Pusa Kranti. Keywords: Brinjal, biofertilizer, VAM, PSB, FYM, vermi compost Introduction Solanum is a large and important genus of the family Solanaceae. The eggplant or brinjal or aubergine (Solanum melongena L.) represents the non-tuberous group of Solanum species (Narasimha Rao, 1979). Brinjal is the most common, popular and widely grown vegetable crop of both tropics and sub-tropics of the world. It is being grown extensively in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, Philippines, France, Italy and United States. Brinjal is highly productive and usually finds its place as the poor man’s vegetable (Som and Maity, 2002) [9] . Except in higher altitudes, it can be grown in almost all parts of India, all the year round. Large number of cultivars are grown throughout the country depending upon the consumers preference for the colour, size, shape and the yield. Consumers preference for shape and colour are specific which changes with region. According to Zeven and Zhukovsky (1975), It is originated in India, but has a secondary centre of variation in China. Though, it is being cultivated extensively in some of the Asian countries viz Pakistan, China, Phillippines and Bangladesh however it is also popular in France, Italy and United States. The brinjal is staple vegetable in almost all tropical countries in the world and liked by both poor and rich. Since there is a common belief that it is not good vegetable. However, it is quite high in nutritive value and can well be compared with tomato (Choudhary 1976) [2] . A large indigenous biodiversity exists in eggplant with variation in plant type, stem color, leaf size, leaf tip, midrib color, fruit size, fruit shape, fruit color, fruit yield, fruit quality, cooking quality, and tolerance to pests and diseases (Ullah et al. 2014) [10] . Improvement in eggplant can also be achieved by exploiting available sources of variability (Prabakaran, 2010) [8] . Since, its demand is increasing day by day hence, it is necessary to increase its production. Improved varieties suitable for particular area will play a key role in this regard.