| Abstrakt: |
A field experiment was conducted at research and demonstration block of Research Institute on Organic Farming, UAS, Bangalore during kharif - 2021 and rabi 2021-22 to study the combined effect of different sources of organic manures and jeevamrutha on growth and yield of french bean. The experiment was laid out in Factorial RCBD consisting of 16 treatment combinations replicated thrice. Soil of the experimental site was red sandy loam with a pH (6.93), EC (0.27 dS m-1) and medium in available nitrogen (291.5 kg ha-1), phosphorus (28.2 kg ha-1) and potassium (236.4 kg ha-1). The experimental results indicated that application of vermicompost on nitrogen (N) equivalent basis resulted in significantly higher plant height (31.79 cm), number of branches per plant (5.96), number of leaves per plant (41.19), green pod yield (150.48 q ha-1) and haulm yield (38.06 q ha-1) at harvest compared to other organic manure sources, viz, poultry manure and FYM. Among levels of jeevamrutha, viz., application of jeevamrutha at 2000 litre ha-1 recorded significantly higher green pod yield (139.14 q ha-1) and haulm yield (35.44 q ha-1) compared to other levels of jeevamrutha, viz. 1500, 1000 and 0 litre ha-1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
