Response of vermicompost and inorganic fertilizers on physic-chemical properties of soil, growth and yield attributes of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) var. ganga kanchan

Abstract

The details of the materials used and technologies adopted during the courses for present investigations entitled “Response of vermicompost and inorganic fertilizers on physic-chemical properties of soil, growth and yield attributes of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) var. Ganga kanchan”. This experiment was conducted during Zaid season 2023 on crop research farm of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Naini, SHUATS. The experiment was conducted in randomized block design with three replication consisting of nine treatments. The observation were recorded viz., plant height (cm), number of leaves per plant, number of pods per plant at 45 days, weight of pods per plant (kg) harvesting after 5 days and pods yield (q ha-1). Data on different aspects of cowpea crop were subjected to statistical analysis as per the procedure of randomized block design (Panse and Sukhatme, 1967). To achieve higher growth and yield of rainy cowpea variety Ganga Kanchan application of T5 [N, P, K @ 50% + vermicompost @ 100%] was found equally effective under Prayagraj conditions.