Effect of FYM and Zinc Nutrition on Growth and Productivity of Pea (Pysum sativum L.) in Kashmir Conditions

Abstract

Present experiment carried out at Vegetable Farm, FOA (SKUAS-K) Wadura, Kashmir (India) to determine the influence of Farmyard manure (FYM) and Zinc nutrition on pea productivity. The experiment was set up in Factorial RBD with sixteen treatments and three replications. Pea variety PS-1100 was taken as experimental material. Growth height, yield attributing characteristics, and pod yield were recorded and statistically analysed. Both Zinc and FYM nutrition treatments showed a substantial impact on plant growth, yield and yield attributing characters in pea. Results revealed that treatment combination of Zinc at 5 kg ha-1 + FYM at 350 q ha-1 outperformed than other treatment combinations in terms of maximum pods plant-1 (20.8), length of pods (9.4 cm), grain pod-1 (9.8), pod weight (12.7g) and pod yield (71.2 q ha-1). In conclusion, Zinc at 5 kg ha-1 + FYM at 350 q ha-1 is an effective dosage for maximizing pea pod production about 11.0 per cent greater than the control in Kashmir conditions.