author(s)
Sourabh Singh, Om Prakash Regar, Bhagwan Suman, Brijesh Kumar Meena and Champa Lal Regar

abstract
A field experiment was conducted at Research Farm of Mewar University, Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) during Summer season, 2025 on loamy sand soil, which consisted nine treatments viz., control T1: Control, T2: 100% Vermicompost (5 t/ha), T3: 100% Compost (5 t/ha), T4: Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB) (25 g/kg seed), T5: 50% Vermicompost (2.5 t/ha) + 50% Compost (2.5 t/ha), T6: 50% Vermicompost (2.5 t/ha) + PSB (25 g/kg seed), T7: 50% Compost (2.5 t/ha) + PSB (25 g/kg seed), T8: 50% Compost (2.5 t/ha) + 25% Vermicompost (1.5 t/ha) and T9: 50% Vermicompost (2.5 t/ha) + 50% Compost (2.5 t/ha) + PSB (25 g/kg seed) randomized block design (RBD). The bottle gourd variety “Pusa Naveen” was used for experiment.