Effect of Organic and Inorganic Nutrient Sources on Yield and Quality of Fodder Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.]

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Susanta Dutta ◽  
Magan Singh ◽  
Rajesh Kumar Meena ◽  
Nirmalendu Basak ◽  
Goutam Mondal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vigna Unguiculata ◽  
Inorganic Nutrient ◽  
Nutrient Sources ◽  
Yield And Quality

scholarly journals Effect of organic manures and vermiwash on growth, yield and quality of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] cv. Pusa Komal

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 543-548
Author(s):  
Simran Kour ◽  
HL Bairwa ◽  
SS Lakhawat ◽  
SK Sharma ◽  
Shalini Pliania B Upadhyay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vigna Unguiculata ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
Organic Manures ◽  
Yield And Quality

scholarly journals Effect of Iron and Zinc on Growth, Yield and Quality of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) under South Gujarat Condition

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 346-351
Author(s):  
V. A. Dobariya A. P. Patel
Keyword(s):  
Vigna Unguiculata ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Yield Attributes ◽  
Soil Application ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Iron And Zinc ◽  
Pod Length ◽  
Number Of Branches

A field experiment was carried out at College Farm, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari on clayey soils during summer season of the year 2019 to study the Effect of iron and zinc on growth, yield and quality of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) under south Gujarat condition. The results of experiment indicated that growth and yield attributes viz., plant height at 60 DAS and at harvest, number of branches per plant, number of nodules per plant, number of pods per plant, pod length, seed and haulm yield (955 and 2008 kg/ha, respectively) and test weight increased significantly with soil application of FeSO4 @ 25.0 kg/ha which was significantly higher over control but remained at par with soil application of 12.5 kg FeSO4/ha. Similarly zinc is also an essential plant nutrient for plant growth and yield. Zinc application had also positive effect on growth and yield attributes viz., plant height at 60 DAS and at harvest, number of branches per plant, number of nodules per plant, number of pods per plant, pod length, seed and haulm yield (972 and 2030 kg/ha, respectively) and test weight increased significantly with soil application of ZnSO4 @ 25.0 kg/ha which was significantly higher over control but remained at par with soil application of 12.5 kg ZnSO4/ha. Significant improvement in protein content in seed with soil application of both FeSO4 and ZnSO4 @ 25.0 kg/ha.

Effect of Organic and Inorganic Nutrient Sources on Growth, Yield, Nutrient Uptake and Economics of Fodder Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.]

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanta Z. Dutta ◽  
Magan Singh ◽  
Rajesh Kumar Meena ◽  
Santosh Onte ◽  
Nirmalendu Basak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vigna Unguiculata ◽  
N Uptake ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
P Uptake ◽  
Inorganic Nutrient ◽  
Cost Ratio ◽  
Available N ◽  
Nutrient Sources ◽  
Benefit Cost Ratio ◽  
Plant P Uptake

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the varying organic and inorganic nutrient sources on fodder cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] in the kharif of 2017 at ICAR- NDRI, Karnal. The result revealed that application of 100% RDF (N,P,K) along with biofertilizers (rhizobium, PSB, potassium and zinc solubilizer bacteria) (T6) gave significantly (P less than 0.05) higher in plant height (204.6 cm), primary branches (6.1), root length (24.47 cm), green matter yield (334.5 q ha-1), CGR (8.13 g m-2 day-1), RGR (4.68 g g-1 day-1), K content (1.45%) in plant, P uptake (23.01 kg ha-1) and K uptake (86.04 kg ha-1) and available Zn status (0.465 ppm) in soil, after harvesting of the crop. However, N content (2.93%) in plant, N uptake (172.51 kg ha-1) and Zn uptake (192.03 g ha-1) was maximum with the application of 66.67% RDF along with biofertilizers consortium (T7). Application of 100% RDF along with PSB (T3) recorded highest number of nodule (33), P content in plant (0.389%) and available P status (24.76 g ha-1) in soil, after harvest. Further studies that, available N status (208.03 kg h-1), K status (221.27 kg ha-1) in soil, after harvest and Zn content (33.31 ppm) in plant were significantly higher with these treatments like T8 -15 N, 60 P2O5, 40 K2O kg ha-1 along with rhizobium, T4 -100% RDF along with K solubilizer and T11 -FYM 5 t ha -1 with biofertilizers, respectively. In context of the economics of fodder cowpea production, highest gross return (Rs. 53525 ha-1) was obtained from T6 while maximum net return (Rs. 31351 ha-1) and benefit-cost ratio (1.45) were worked out maximum with the treatment T7.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE NITROGEN ALTERNATIVES FOR SWEETPOTATO PRODUCTION

HortScience ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 443e-443
Author(s):  
William E. Little ◽  
Jonathan R. Schultheis ◽  
Robert L. Mikkelsen
Keyword(s):  
Block Design ◽  
Market Price ◽  
The United States ◽  
Waste Products ◽  
Nutrient Sources ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
Fresh Litter ◽  
Organically Grown

North Carolina is a leading poultry producer in the United States. Thus, much waste by-product also is produced and must be handled in an environmentally responsible way. Using poultry and similar waste products as a fertilizer source for vegetables, such as sweetpotatoes, might serve as a viable use option. Our purpose was to determine the effectiveness of animal wastes and sludges as nutrient sources for sweetpotatoes. The effects of municipal solid waste, composted litter, fresh litter, and synthetic fertilizers were compared for their effects on yield and quality of `Regal' and `Beauregard' sweetpotato varieties. The test was planted as a split-plot randomized complete-block design with each treatment replicated four times. Planting was 3 June, and harvest was 27 Sept. 1994. Yields were similar when fertilized with either organic or synthetic nutrient sources. Root quality was excellent, regardless of fertilizer, because few culls resulted, and there were no differences between treatments. Sweetpotatoes can be successfully grown with various organic nutrient sources without affecting quality or yield and might be marketed as “organically grown” produce. This label may command a higher market price than sweetpotatoes grown traditionally with synthetic nutrient sources.

scholarly journals Effect of Foliar Application of Different Organic Sources and Levels of Fertilizer on Growth Attributes, Yield Attributes, Yield, Quality and Economics of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.M. Sakpal ◽  
D.N. Jagtap ◽  
L. Upadhyay ◽  
S.S. Pinjari ◽  
S.S. More ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Vigna Unguiculata ◽  
Foliar Application ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Yield Attributes ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Cow Urine ◽  
Different Levels

Background: Productivity of cowpea in our country is very low. So, there is need to take proper agronomic practices to enhance the productivity of cowpea and foremost important among them is foliar application of organic and inorganic sources of nutrients exploiting genetic potential of crop. This is considered to be an efficient and economic method of supplementing part of nutrient requirement at critical growth stages of the crop. Foliar application is credited with the advantage of quick and efficient utilization of nutrients, elimination of losses through leaching, fixation and regulating uptake of nutrients by the plant. In view of above consideration, the experiment entitled “Influence of foliar application of different organic sources on growth, yield and quality of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) under varying levels of fertilizer” was conducted with objectives to study the effect of different levels of fertilizer on growth, yield and quality of cowpea, to study the effect of foliar application of different organic sources on growth, yield and quality of cowpea, to study the interaction effect of different levels of fertilizer and foliar application of organic sources and to study the economics of different treatments. Methods: The field experiment was conducted at Agronomy Farm, College of Agriculture, Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri (M.S.) during Rabi 2019-20. Field experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design. The fertilizer levels comprised of three levels viz., F1: 100% RDF, F2: 75% RDF and F3: 50% RDF and foliar application consisted of five different organic sources viz., S0: Control, S1: Panchagavya @ 3%, S2: Vermiwash @ 10%, S3: Cow urine @ 5% and S4: Vasant urja @ 0.5%. There were 15 treatment combinations replicated three times. Result: It can be concluded that for growing cowpea, it should be supplied with 100% RDF and sprayed with panchagavya @ 3% or cow urine @ 5% foliar application, so as to obtain higher yield and economic returns.

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