“Effect of organic sources of nutrients on growth and yield of pea (Pisum sativum L.)”
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2021-10-07
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College of Horticulture and Forestry Neri, Hamirpur (H.P.)
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The present study entitled “Effect of organic sources of nutrients on growth and yield of pea (Pisumsativum L.)” was carried out at the Experimental Farm of College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, Hamirpur (HP) during rabi season, 2020. Experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replication at a spacing of 60 x 10 cm in a plot size of 1.8 m x
1.0 m accommodating 30 plants in each plot. Seventeen Treatments were T1 (FYM 200 q/ha), T2 (Vermicompost 100 q/ha), T3 (Jeevamrut drenching @ 10%), T4 (Rhizobium), T5 (Rhizobium + FYM), T6 (Rhizobium + Vermicompost), T7 (Rhizobium + Jeevamrut), T8 (PSB), T9 (PSB + FYM), T10 (PSB + Vermicompost), T11 (PSB + Jeevamrut), T12 (Rhizobium + PSB), T13 (Rhizobium + PSB + FYM), T14 (Rhizobium+ PSB + Vermicompost), T15 (Rhizobium+ PSB + Jeevamrut), T16 (RDF) and T17 (Control). The results revealed that treatment T13 (Rhizobium + PSB + FYM) was best treatment for most of the characters like days to 50% flowering (62.00 days), days to marketable maturity (95.00 days), plant height (77.66 cm), number of root nodules per plant (27.66), number of primary branches per plant (13.40), number of pods per plant (23.13), pod length (8.43 cm), pod weight (7.78 g), number of seeds per pod (8.13), pod yield per plant (97.06 g), pod yield per plot (290.00 kg), harvest duration (27.66 days), shelling percentage (50.16 %), protein content (11.62%) followed by treatment T16 (RDF) and T14 (Rhizobium + PSB + Vermicompost). The highest gross income (Rs2,57,760/ha), net income (Rs1,76,720/ha) and benefit: cost ratio (2.18) were recorded by the treatment T13 (Rhizobium + PSB + FYM ). Hence, application of FYM along with biofertilizersviz., Rhizobium and PSB should be used in pea cultivation, as it enhances the growth, yield and quality of the produce and improves the soil available nutrients status also.