Vol. 10, Special Issue 1, Part C (2026)

A pot culture experiment was conducted at department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar taking Abelmoschus esculentus, common name: Okra (variety Anushri) as the crop in acidic soil.
Co-compost (A stabilized organic product produced by controlled aerobic decomposition of organic compounds using more than one feed stock. Sources included industrial, agricultural or urban domestic household materials like sewage sludge, animal excreta, urban solid waste and plant residues etc.) was applied alongwith vermicompost in different treatment combinations. The treatments were [T₁: Absolute control, T₂: 100% soil test dose (STD),
T₃: 100%-N (vermicompost @ 7.6 t/ha), T₄: 50%-N (vermicompost @ 3.8 t/ha), T₅: 100% N (co-compost @ 9.1 t/ha), T₆: 50%-N (co-compost @ 4.55 t/ha), T₇: STD (100%)-N+ vermicompost @ 2 t/ha, T₈: STD (100%)-N + co-compost @ 2 t/ha, T₉: STD (75%)-N + Co-compost (25%)-N, T₁₀: STD (50%)-N + co-compost (50%)-N]. Yield and yield attributing parameters, such as, plant height, number of days to 1^st flowering, number of fruits per plant, fruit weight, biomass yield and nutrient uptake etc. were observed and found that, okra fruit yield per plant was maximum in T₇ and minimum in T₁. The treatment T₈ was found to be statistically at par with T₇. All the yield attributing parameters also followed the same trend.