• DEEPMALA BRAMHE
• Dr.ARUNA JAIN

Abstract Eclipta alba is an important medicinal herb found as a weed throughout India. Integrated nutrient management refers to maintenance of the soil fertility and plant nutrient supply to an optimum level for sustaining the desired medicinal plant productivity through optimization of the benefits from all possible sources of plant nutrient in an integrated manner. We planned to study the effect of integrated nutrient management on nutrients in Eclipta alba. There were eight treatments, P1: Control (500 : 300 : 300 g NPK per plant through fertilizers), P2: Vermicompost, P3: Biofertilizers, P4: Chemical fertilizers, P5: Biofertilizer+Vermicompost, P6: Biofertilizer+Chemical fertilizer, P7: Chemical fertilizer+Vermicompost and P8: Biofertilizer+Chemical fertilizer+Vermicompost. The observation on plant height, days to flower initiation, days to 50 per cent flowering, percentage seed germination, shoot length and root length were documented to study the effect of treatments and their interpretation. The findings exhibited that the P8 performed best among all treatments. The maximum plant height (39.18 cm), days to flower initiation (30.69 DAS), days to 50 per cent flowering (33.47 DAS), percentage seed germination (97.48%), shoot length (26.47 cm) and root length (28.26 cm) under P8 treatment.

Key words: Integrated nutrient management, Biofertilizer, Chemical fertilizer, Vermicompost plant

"Effects of Integrated Nutrient Management on Nutrients in Eclipta alba .l", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no.420-427, September-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809210.pdf

"Effects of Integrated Nutrient Management on Nutrients in Eclipta alba .l", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no. pp420-427, September-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809210.pdf