Effect of vermiwash and panchagavya on growth and yield of black gram

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2023 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P) on the topic “Effect of Vermiwash and Panchagavya on Growth and Yield of Black gram”, to study treatments consisting of three levels of Vermiwash viz. 2%, 5%, 7% and three levels of Panchagavya viz. 4%, 5% and 6%. The soil of the experimental plot was sandy loam in texture, nearly neutral in soil reaction (pH 7.1), organic carbon (0.75%), available N (269.96 kg/ha), available P (33.10 kg/ha), and available K (336 kg/ha). There were 10 treatments each being replicated thrice and laid out in Randomized Block Design. The results revealed that treatment 9 (Vermiwash – 7% + Panchagavya – 6%) recorded significantly higher plant height (41.54 cm), plant dry weight (7.12 g), number of nodules/plant (9.33), number of pods/plant (18.00), number of seeds/pod(5.51), seed yield (877.68 kg/ha), Stover yield (1986.41 t/ha). Maximum in gross returns (1,29,875.20), net returns (85,210.20) and B:C ratio (1.90) as compared to other treatments.