Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

IMPACT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC MANURES AND PLANT GEOMETRY ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF KALMEGH

K.C. Meena, S.K. Shakywar, Om Singh, Nitin Soni, M.K. Tripathi, Priyamvada Sonkar and B.K. Patidar

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at Horticulture Research Farm, College of Horticulture, R.V.S.K.V.V., Mandsuar (M.P.) during Rabi season of 2019-20 to study the effect of different organic manures (No fertilizer, Vermicompost @ 3 t ha-1 and Neemcake @ 5 t ha-1) and spacing (30 × 15, 30 × 30 and 30 ×45 cm) and their interactions on growth, yield and quality characters under field condition. The research experiment was laid out in a Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications. All the parameters were recorded at 30, 60, 90, 120 days after transplanting and at harvest. On the basis of one year research, the results revealed that the days taken to 50% flowering and days taken to maturity were significantly influenced with the application of different organic manures and spacing and their interaction. The M1 (Vermicompost @ 3 t ha-1) (43.12 and 152.89) and in the sub treatment S2 (30×30 cm) (43.31 and 154.00) and their interaction M1S2 (Vermicompost @ 3 t ha-1 along with 30×30 cm spacing) (42.13 and 150.67) were found early as phenology of kalmegh. The crop growth rate (g g-1 day-1) was recorded maximum (1.27, 11.45, 23.16, 30.80 and 30.90) in M1 (Vermicompost @ 3 t ha-1) and in the sub treatment S2 (30×30 cm) was recorded maximum (1.26, 11.25, 21.46, 29.98 and 30.11). Under the interaction of different treatment, crop growth rate was recorded maximum (1.32, 12.79, 26.08, 33.60 and 33.75) in the treatment combination M1S2 (Vermicompost @ 3 t ha-1 along with 30×30 cm spacing). The dry herbage yield (kg ha-1) was recorded maximum (2250.67) in M1 (Vermicompost @ 3 t ha-1) and in the sub treatment S2 (30×30 cm) was recorded maximum (2146.67). Under the interaction of different treatment, maximum (2494.00) dry herbage yield (kg ha-1) was recorded in the treatment combination M1S2 (Vermicompost @ 3 t ha-1 along with 30×30 cm spacing).