Evaluation of Organic Manure and Bio-Fertilizer on Yield and Economics of Yellow Mustard (Sinapis alba L.)
Bharti Sharma *
Department of Agronomy, Naini Agricultural Institute, SHUATS, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2021 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P). The soil of experimental plot was sandy loam in texture, nearly neutral in soil reaction (pH 7.1). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with nine treatments each replicated thrice on the basis of one year experimentation. It was consisting of combination of three level of bio-fertilizer VAM, Azotobacter, Azosprillium 10ml/kg seed each and used organic manure FYM 5.0t/h, Vermicompost and Neem cake 1.0t/h each. The results showed that application of Vermicompost 1.0 t/ha + Azospirillum 10ml/kg seed was recorded significantly higher siliquae/plant (159.32), seeds/siliquae (40.57), days to maturity (88.95), test weight (3.14 g), seed yield (1.71 t/ha) and oil content (42.38 %), gross returns (Rs.102800.00/ha), net return (Rs.72240.00/ha) and benefit cost ratio (2.36) as compared to other treatments.
Keywords: FYM, neem cake, vermicompost, VAM, Azospirillum, Azotobacter.