Impact of organic, integrated and inorganic production systems on yield, quality and soil fertility in cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.)

A field study carried out during two consecutive years (2022-23 and 2023-24) at ICAR-NRCSS, Ajmer to assess the impact of organic, integrated and inorganic production systems on yield, quality and soil fertility in cumin. On the basis of nutrition, 12 treatments including organic, integrated and inorganic were planned to execute the investigation. It is found that organic production system in comparison to integrated and inorganic production systems found superior in the light of better yield, quality and soil fertility. This study also infers that among the various organic treatments, supply of 50% recommended dose of nitrogen through PGPR enriched FYM + 50% recommended dose of nitrogen through castor cake could be the promising combination to meet out the nutrition requirement of cumin in the view of higher yield (485 kg ha-1), essential oil (5.55%) and soil N (127 kg ha-1).