Effects of organic nutrients in combination with bio-fertilizers on growth and physico-chemical parameters of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) CV. bonneville

Abstract

The experiment was conducted to examine the thirty treatments with five levels of organic nutrients viz., control (Recommended dose of N as urea), farmyard manure, vermicompost, poultry manure and neem cake along with six levels of bio-fertilizers viz., seed treatment with PSB (200 ml/ha), seed treatment with KMB (200 ml/ha), seed treatment with Azospirillum (200 ml/ha), soil treatment with PSB (500 ml/acre), soil treatment with KMB (500 ml/acre) and soil treatment with Azospirillum (500 ml/acre) were tested in a Randomized Block Design (with factorial concept) with three replications during the rabi season of the year 2013 and 2014. The results revealed that, the significantly maximum nitrogen content (4.20% and 4.15%) and protein content (26.28% and 25.96%) was recorded with treatment F5 (Recommended dose of N as neem cake) and treatment T1 [Seed treatment with PSB (200ml/ha)] was found significantly maximum nitrogen content (4.29% and 4.13%) and protein content (26.86% and 25.88%) during the year 2013 and 2014. The days taken for germination, germination (%), vine length of 45 & 90 DAS (cm), days taken for initiation of Ist flower, length of pod (cm), thickness of pod (mm) and sugar (%) found non-significant in all treatments.