~ 100 ~ The Pharma Innovation Journal 2021; 10(2): 100-103 ISSN (E): 2277- 7695 ISSN (P): 2349-8242 NAAS Rating: 5.03 TPI 2021; 10(2): 100-103 © 2021 TPI www.thepharmajournal.com Received: 02-12-2020 Accepted: 05-01-2021 Chandraprakash Yadav Research Student, Department of Horticulture, National Post Graduate Collage, Barhalganj, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Sudhir Kumar Mishra Research Student, Department of Horticulture, National Post Graduate Collage, Barhalganj, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Manish Kumar Singh Research Student, Department of Horticulture, I.Ag.S. (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India Sapna Roy Research Student, Department of Horticulture, National Post Graduate Collage, Barhalganj, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Prashant Tiwari Research Student, Department of Horticulture, National Post Graduate Collage, Barhalganj, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Corresponding Author: Sudhir Kumar Mishra Research Student, Department of Horticulture, National Post Graduate Collage, Barhalganj, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Effect of integrated nutrient management on growth, yield and shelf life of turnip (Brassica rapa L.) cv. purple top white Chandraprakash Yadav, Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Manish Kumar Singh, Sapna Roy and Prashant Tiwari Abstract A field experiment was conducted at the Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, National Post Graduate College, Barhalganj, Gorakhpur (U.P.), India, in 2019-2020. The experiment was laid out in RBD with ten treatments replicated three times. Treatments were consisted of control (no fertilizer added), F.Y.M., Vermicompost and Azotobactor and RDF (NPK @ 150kg: 100kg: 50kg per ha). The observations were recorded on various growth, yield related traits and shelf life of turnip and subjected to statistical analysis. The results revealed that maximum plant height T9 (56.33cm), no. of leaves (20.33), leaf length (52.07cm), Leaf width (17.67cm), Crown diameter (5.55cm), Tuber weight (388.55g), tuber length (8.09cm), root diameter (12.25cm), Fresh weight of whole plant (645.85g), Tuber yield/plot (5.05kg) and Yield/ha (41.41tn), Shelf life (17.11days) were recorded with the treatment T9 (RDF 20% + Vermicompost @ 40% + Azotobactor @ 40%), while control exhibited very poor performance for these traits. These findings have drawn the conclusion that integrated nutrient management significantly enhanced the growth, yield and shelf life of turnip with more profitable cost benefit ratio (3.70). Keywords: Turnip, FYM, Vermicompost, Azotobactor, yield and shelf life Introduction Turnip is a member of the cruciferous family of vegetables. The turnip or purple top white turnip (Brassica rapa L.) cv. Purple Top White is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot. It is a native of central and southern Europe and has now spread all over the world. In India, turnip cultivation is mostly confined to north western parts of the country like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Western U.P. as an early winter season crop. Green Top, Purple Top and ‘Kenshin-Kaba' are important varieties of turnip for fodder production. Turnip has tremendous potential as a short duration, high yielding fodder crop. Its fodder is rich in readily available carbohydrate and crude protein as well as it is highly palatable, succulent and easily digestible. It has considerable nutritive value considering other cole crops. The fleshy root and young leaves are edible portion and nutritionally not so poor as commonly believed. A thousand gram of edible roots contain 1.4 g protein, 6.2 g carbohydrate, little fat, 0.6 g mineral salt, 0.03 mg vitamin B-l, 0.02 mg vitamin B-2, 15 mg vitamin-C, 24 mg calcium, 0.4.mg, iron and 21 Kg. One hundred gram of edible leaf contains-4 g protein, 9.4 g carbohydrate, 1.5 g fat, 2.2 g minerals salt, 0.31 mg vitamin B-l, 0.57 mg vitamin B-2, 180 mg vitamin C, 710 mg calcium, 28.4 mg iron, 9396 pg calcium, 28.4 mg carotene and 67 kg energy (Purseglove, 1988) [9] . The fresh roots are used in salad consumed as cooked vegetable and use in pickle. A decoction of the leaves or stems is used in the treatment of cancer the root when boiled with lard is used for breast tumors. A salve derived from the flowers is said to help skin cancer (Duke 1983) [5] . It increases visual keenness and is used to treat night blindness. Turnip’s syrup strengthens the memory (Khashayar, 2007) [10] . Turnip root peelings contain a natural insecticide (Allardice, 1993) [3] . An integrated nutrient management makes a good side dressing. The chemical fertilizers give the initial boost required by young plants; organic fertilizers provide nutrients uniformly throughout the season and biofertilizer sustain the soil microbial activity, evenly moist and the nutrients more uniformly available (Sam and Frank, 2006) [18] . The soil with its content in macro and micro elements, enhanced by the use of organic fertilizers, play an essential role in the plants growing and development, in biosynthesis of the organic substances