Organic Growth Promoters On Leafy Vegetables

The present agricultural system poses great threat to the sustainability of our agro-eco-system. Under such situation it is essential to look for alternatives which are effective and eco-friendly. During recent years organic farming system is gaining lot of importance on account of hazardous effects of chemical farming system. So, organic manures, bio-pesticides, bio-fertilizers and bio-growth promoters must be used either alone or in judicious combination to maintain the ecological balance. Organic farming system is becoming popular in vegetable production, as most of the vegetables are consumed fresh and consumers are also ready to pay more for organic produce and these vegetables are more nutritive and non-toxic. Very limited research work has been carried out in some vegetable crops like Tomato, Brinjal , Chickpea etc. The use of vermiwash, panchgavya, humic acid, cow urine and amritpani is becoming popular in vegtable farming systems particularly. In this context the exact scientific information on specific organic liquid, organic manure is to be used, at correct stage and in proper concentration. Therefore, there is urgent need of to generate the information on these aspects.