ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Sustain. Food Syst.
Sec. Crop Biology and Sustainability
Volume 9 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2025.1668080
This article is part of the Research TopicCrop Production and Its Relationship with the Production of Vegetable Raw MaterialsView all 5 articles
Evaluating the Impact of Natural Fertilizers on Growth Dynamics and Yield Performance of Solanum melongena L
Provisionally accepted
Dr. Ashish Warghane1*
Jigisha Thakkar1
Kartik Chauhan1
Dolatsinh Zala1Harsh Patel1
Vaibhav D. Bhatt1
Balu A Chopade2- 1Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, India
- 2AKS University, Satna, India
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A one-year field experiment (2023-2024) was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with a spacing of 50 x 40 cm involving three replications with five treatments having cow manure along with integrated nutrient management in a plot size of 4.0 m X 1.5 m. The effect of cow manure and mineral fertilizers on soil fertility, nutrient uptake, yield, and farmers' economic profitability. The experiment was laid out during the Rabi season of the Ahmedabad region. T2 (250ml of Jivamrit) and T3 (500ml of Jivamrit) obtained high brinjal production compared to other crops. Also, these two treatment plants contain high organic carbon content, available N, P, K in the soil and more N, P and K uptake by the plants. Further, this treatment obtained the greatest value for yield and net income. The outcomes of this investigation suggested that the combined usage of cow manure prepared Jivamrit with the proper dose gave the best result in the crop and a high crop yield. The present study reveals that Jivamrit would be used as a natural fertilizer for sustainable farming, which minimizes the hazardous effect of chemical fertilizers.
Keywords: Brinjal, Jivamrit, Natural farming, nutrient uptake, soil fertility
Received: 17 Jul 2025; Accepted: 15 Sep 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Warghane, Thakkar, Chauhan, Zala, Patel, Bhatt and Chopade. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Dr. Ashish Warghane, warghane.ashish@gmail.com
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