Productivity and profitability of garden pea (Pisum sativum) as influenced by integrated nutrient management

Abstract

The field experiment was conducted at Vegetable Research Farm, Kalyanpur, Kanpur (UP) during rabi 2014-15 and 2015-16, to study the effect of integrated nutrient managementon garden pea. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with thirteen treatments of inorganic fertilizers (NPK50:60:40 kg/ha) and integration with organic sources combinations (FYM 10.0 and 20.0 t/ha, neem cake 2.5 and 5.0 q/ha, vermicompost 2.5 and 5.0 t/ ha, press mud 5.0 and 10.0 t/ha, sewage sludge 10.0 and 20.0 t/ha and poultry manure 2.5 and 5.0 t/ha) were tested against the control. Based on 2 years pooled data, application of vermicompost @ 2.5 t/ha+ half NPK through chemical fertilizers produced significantly highest green pod yield of 8.31 t/ha and net return of ` 100470/ha. The treatment of full recommended dose of NPK through chemical fertilizers (50:60:40 kg/ha) produced green pod yield of 7.29 t/ha with net return ` 86195/ha. Return per rupee invested (` 3.46) was also higher under the treatment of application of vermicompost @ 2.5 t/ha+ half NPK through chemical fertilizers. Vermicompost and half NPK through chemical fertilizers proved to be the best treatments for enhancing productivity and profitability of garden pea under Upper Gangetic Plains of Uttar Pradesh. Therefore, the practice of vermicompost integration with half dose of chemical fertilizers may serve as alternative of NPK inorganic fertilizers and fear of pollution hazards and may also be recommended to exploit the better eco-friendly economic pod yield of garden pea.

Impact of Integrated Use of Inorganic, Organic and Biofertilizers on Growth, Yield and Quality of Pea (Pisum sativum L.)

“…Pod weight has direct correlation with pod yield in pea. The improved pod weight with the combined application inorganic, organic and biofertilizers was probably due to adequate supply of nutrients and then availability which in turn helped in the photosynthesis and partitioning of photosynthesis as reported by [40]. The results are in close conformity with the findings of [9,39] in pea, [41] in cluster bean and [20] in french bean.…”

Propelling wheat yield efficiency: Accuracy supplement streamlining techniques for sustainable agriculture

“…Strangely, when treated with LCC 4, the yield of 2081 kg/ha was tantamount to suggested nitrogen the board. This yield changeability could be credited to the combined impacts of yield parts, specifically grain weight per plant and test weight, pursuing a comparative direction, Honnali (2013) [27] . To find the edge leaf greenness levels comparable to SPAD readings <40, <42.5, and <45, a trial was directed and was tried as far as (i) regardless of whether to apply manure and (ii) to conclude how much compost N should be applied according to the prerequisite of the yield.…”