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Agriculture University, Kota

The Agriculture University, Kota (AUK) was established on 14th September, 2013 after bifurcation of the Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur and Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU), Bikaner through promulgation of Act No. 22 of 2013. The University has been created for the agricultural development in South-East and Eastern Rajasthan which is having diversified agriculture situations from rainfed to canal irrigated agriculture. The Agriculture University has its Headquarter at Borkhera Farm, Kota & is located on Kota-Baran National highway-76. Kota district is situated in the South-Eastern part of Rajasthan and comes under Humid South-Eastern Plain Zone (agro climatic zone V). It lies between 23045’ and 26038’ North latitude and 75037’ and 77026’ East longitude. The jurisdiction of AUK is spread over in 6 districts namely Kota, Baran, Bundi, Jhalawar, Karauli and Sawai Madhopur. It accounts for 9.98 % geographical area, 12.67 % total human population, 9.4 % live stock population, 31.59 % forest area and 20.6 % net sown area of the state. Development and education of modern practices in the field of Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry for sustainable livelihood of the rural masses is the main thrust of the service area of AUK.

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    IMPACT OF VERMICOMPOST ON GROWTH AND PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF PEA (Pisum sativum L.) BASED INTERCROPPING SYSTEM
    (College of Horticulture and Forestry, Jhalawar, 2023) ASTHA VERMA; Sh. Rajesh Kumar Sharma
    An experiment entitled “Impact of vermicompost on growth and production potential of pea (Pisum sativam L.) based intercropping system” was conducted at the vegetable farm, Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Jhalrapatan City, Jhalawar during rabi season 2022-23. The experiment consisted of fifteen treatment combinations having three levels each of vermicompost (0, 2.5, and 5 ton/ha) and five levels of different intercropping system (Sole Pea, Sole Garlic, Pea + Garlic 1:1, 2:1, 2:2) in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications. The impact of vermicompost and intercropping system had significant effect on growth, yield, and quality attributes of pea other treatment Vermicompost and intercropping system alone and combined show that significant effect on growth, yield and quality attributes on pea and garlic. The result shows that individual effect of vermicompost V2(Vermicompost@5ton/ha) and intercropping system I1 (Sole pea) on pea exhibited maximum plant height at 90 DAS (46.46 cm and 45.49 cm), plant height at harvest (69.63 cm and 68.66 cm), number of leaves per plant (43.07 and 42.15), stem diameter (0.68 cm and 0.65 cm), chlorophyll content of pea leaves (2.35 mg/g and 2.34 mg/g) , number of nodules per plant after harvest (9.85 and 9.64) minimum days required for first flowering (43.73 and 44.23), minimum days to 50% flowering (50.22 and 51.17), minimum days required to first pod harvest (65.59 and 65.84), maximum pod length (9.15 and 8.71 cm), weight of pod (3.59 and 3.79 g), number of pods per plant (9.06 and 8.72),weight of pod per plant (32.42 and 33.61 g), number of seeds per pod (10.69 and 10.65), weight of pods per plot (6.09 and 8.91 kg) and estimated yield (94.05 and 101.55 q/ha), total soluble solids (19.08 and 18.63 ◦Brix) in pea, Ascorbic acid (25.36 and 24.72 mg /100 gm), Crude protein (23.35 and 23.01 %), respectively. Further, the result revealed the individual effect of vermicompost V2 (Vermicompost@5ton/ha) and intercropping system I2 (Sole Garlic) on garlic exhibited a maximum number of leaves per plant (8.90 and 8.62), length of leaves (55.38 cm and 51.55), plant height (59.66 and 57.94 cm), chlorophyll content of leaves (1.54 and 1.52 148 mg/g), fresh weight of bulb (27.96 and 26.68 g), bulb diameter (4.58 and 4.18 cm), number of cloves per bulb (17.55 and 17.37), clove length (3.64 and 3.59 cm), clove diameter (0.72 and 0.59 cm), bulb yield per plot (5.54 and 9.60 kg), estimated yield (49.33 and 61.03 q/ha), TSS (34.89 and 33.58), ascorbic acid (11.91 and 11.52 mg/100g) and crude protein (7.46 and 7.08%), respectively. The interaction effect of vermicompost and intercropping V2I1 (Vermicompost@5ton/ha + Sole Pea) system on pea was found significant on maximum plant height at 90 DAS (51.19 cm), plant height at harvest (74.37 cm), number of leaves per plant (47.88), stem diameter (0.71 cm), chlorophyll content of pea leaves (2.53 mg/g), number of nodules per plant after harvest (11.72) minimum days required for first flowering (42.36), minimum days required 50% flowering (49.32), minimum days required to first pod harvest (62.08), maximum pod length (10.07 cm), weight of pod (4.22 g), number of pods per plant (10.02), weight of pod per plant (42.32 g), number of seeds per pod ( 11.72 ), weight of pods per plot (9.70 kg), estimated yield (123.00 q/ha) total soluble solids (19.93) in pea, ascorbic acid (26.21 mg /100 gm) and Crude protein (24.13 %), respectively However, the interaction impact of vermicompost and intercropping system V2I2 (Vermicompost@5ton/ha + Sole Garlic) was found suitable for growth, yield and quality attributes of garlic. The maximum number of leaves per plant (9.56), length of leaves (60.45 cm), plant height (62.79 cm), chlorophyll content of leaves (1.62 mg/g), fresh weight of bulb (28.79 g), bulb diameter (4.87 cm), number of cloves per bulb (19.35), clove length (4.14 cm), clove diameter (0.85 cm), bulb yield per plot (10.36 kg), estimated yield (80.60 q/ha), TSS (35.97 ◦Brix), ascorbic acid (12.86 mg/100g) and crude protein (8.44 %). The interaction impact of vermicompost and intercropping system significantly affected the gross income, net profit and B:C ratio for different treatments. Interaction effect of Vermicompost and Intercropping system also significantly increased the economics attributes maximum gross return (361172 ₹ ha-1), net profit (272244 ₹ ha-1) and B:C ratio (4.06) was recorded under treatment V2I5 (Vermicompost @5ton/ha+ Pea+ Garlic 2:2), respectively. The interaction effect of vermicompost and Intercropping system also significantly increased pea equivalent yield (166.040 q/ha), land equivalent ratio (1.25) under treatment V2I5 (Vermicompost@5ton/ha+ Pea+ Garlic 2:2), respectively.