European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

INFLUENCE OF COW PRODUCTS AS A FERTILIZER ON THE FRUITS OF RIDGE GOURD AND BOTTLE GOURD IN NURTIENT ANALYSIS

*S. Sornalatha and Esakkiammal B.

ABSTRACT

Organic farming is gaining importance in view of sustained agriculture and maintaining ecological balance. Heavy use of chemicals in agriculture has weakened the ecological base addition to degradation of soil, water resources and quality of food. For this organic liquid fertilizer is the best alternative to the conventional farming. In this, cow dung and cow urine based three organic liquid fertilizer were prepared such as Panchagavya, Beejamrutha and Jeevamrutha. These fertilizer are field-tested by selected two plants like ridge gourd and bottle gourd. In this gourd, panchagavya is used as a growth-promotor and immunity booster. Beejamrutha and Jeevamrutha is used to improve beneficial micro-organisms for the plant growth and the soil fertility. It also improves the nutrient quality in the mature fruits. For the quality analysis study, cucurbitaceae family is major source of medicinal agents since ancient time. In the series of cucurbitaceae plants, Lagenaria siceraria and Luffa acutangula is one of the excellent plants, gifted by the nature having composition of all the essential constituents that are required for normal and good human health. In this study, we used cow products as a main source of fertilizer to improve the fruits related to health aspects. In this study, to know the influence of liquid organic fertilizer in then mature fruit by nutrient analysis using ridge gourd and bottle gourd.

Keywords: Bottle gourd, Organic liquid fertilizer, Quality analysis, Ridge gourd.