Evaluation of the Effect of Organic and Liquid Manures on Growth and Yield Attributes of Urdbean in Semi-Arid Region

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at Agronomy farm, S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner (Rajasthan) during kharif season of 2020 on loamy sand soil. It comprised four treatments of organic manures (control, 100% RDP through FYM, through vermicompost and through poultry manure) and two foliar spray each of four liquid manures (control, panchgavya @ 5%, vermiwash @ 10% and cow urine @ 5%) thereby making sixteen treatment combinations. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design with three replications. ‘Krishna’ as a Urdbean variety was used as a test crop and sown was done on 13th July, 2020 at a row spacing of 30 cm. Results revealed that two foliar sprays of 5% panchgavya was the most superior liquid manure treatment in increasing plant height(56.9cm), number of branches/plants(9.35), dry matter accumulation/plant(128.6g), number and weight of nodules/plant(33.01),(69.4g), CGR, RGR at 50 DAS(1.66gcm-2day-1) and at harvest, chlorophyll content(2.58mg.g-1), LAI(3.44%) being at par with two foliar spray of 10% vermiwash.