ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF MEDICINAL HERBS IN GLORI LILY (Gloriosa superba L.) UNDER INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2015

Dr. S. Deivasigamani

Field investigation was carried out at the farmer�s field, Devanur village, Ariyalur District, Tamilnadu during July 2007

– December 2008 to find out the effect of integrated nutrient management practices on the economics of glory lily

(Gloriosa superba L). The experiment was laid out in split–plot design with three replications. The treatments consisted

of different organic manures in main plots (M1–Control, M2–Farm Yard Manure (FYM) @ 12.5 t ha–1, M3– Enriched Farm Yard Manure (EFYM) @

750 kg ha–1 and M4–Pressmud compost @ 5 t ha–1) and different levels of inorganic nitrogen in sub–plots (S0–Control, S1–100% N, S2–75% N, S3–

50% N, and S4–25% N ). The results of the experiment revealed that application of EFYM@750 kg ha–1 (M3) recorded the highest gross income,

net income and return per rupee invested. Among the different levels of inorganic nitrogen, application of 100 % N (S1) recorded the highest value

of economics. With regard to interaction effect, application of EFYM @ 750 Kg ha–1 + 75 per cent recommended N (90 kg ha–1) (M3S2) gave the

highest gross income of Rs.1663686 ha–1, net income of Rs.1288024 ha–1 and return per rupee invested of Rs. 4.62.