Abstract

                                The experiments were conducted during, Kharif and Rabi (2018 - 2020)to investigate the effect of various bio-formulations on the quality andproductivity of mulberry leaves. Among all the treatments, the maximumvalues of quantitative attributes such as shoot length (145.93 cm), internodallength (5.33 cm), number of leaves per shoot (35.04), fresh leaf weight perplant (719.05 g), dry leaf weight (241.28 g) and shoot yield (11.57 MT/ha/harvest) were recorded in mulberry plants treated with EM @ 1 per cent inKharif season. Besides, the biochemical constituents viz., total chlorophyll(2.80 mg g-1), carotenoids (0.824 mg g-1) crude protein (27.45 %), moisture(77.11 %), and moisture retention capacity (66.32 %) were notably higher inthe EM treated mulberry leaves compared to control in Kharif season. Thepresent study indicated that spraying EM @ 1 per cent on mulberry threetimes at 15 days interval during Kharif season helped improve the qualityand yield of mulberry leaves compared to control.

Key words : Mulberry; Kharif; Rabi; Bio-formulations ; Productivity