EFFECT OF BIOFERTILIZERS AND NPK ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF POTATO IN SATPURA PLATEAU

Pradesh covering an area over 45000 ha. The cost of potato cultivation is generally high due to seed, fertilizer and labour. Nutritional requirement is much more due to high bulking rate. Biofertilizers are ecofriendly and low in cost and is known to increase the efficiency of nutrients in the soil (4). To reduce the cost on fertilizer input and to take advantage of residual nutrients in soil an attempt was made to evaluate fertilizer economy by the use of biofertilizers in potato.