Effect of organic manures and liquid organic formulations on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) economics

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during Rabi season of last week of December 2019 at the certified organic experiment farm of the SHIATS Model of Organic Farm (SMOF) in NAI, Prayagraj to study the response of wheat under different sources of organic manures and liquid organic formulation on yield attributes of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The experiment consists 10 treatments with 3 replications laid out in a randomized block design. Organic manures i.e., Control 16 t/ha, M1: FYM 25% (4 t/ha) + Vermicompost 75% (4.5 t/ha), M2: FYM 50% (8 t/ha) + Vermicompost 50% (3 t/ha), M3: FYM 75% (12 t/ha) + Vermicompost 25% (1.5 t/ha) and Liquid organic formulations i.e., L1: Panchagavya at 2%, L2: Vermiwash at 5%, L3: Panchagavya at 2% + Vermiwash at 5%. The result concluded that the maximum grain yield (2.39 t/ha) and straw yield (3.67 t/ha) was recorded with application of FYM 75% + VC 25% + Panchagavya at 2% + Vermiwash at 5% spray. The economic analysis clearly indicates that higher benefit: cost ratio (2.11) recorded with application of FYM 50% + VC 50% + Panchagavya at 2% spray.