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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Research Station (R.A.U.), Durgapura, Jaipur (Raj.), IN
Source
An Asian Journal of Soil Science, Vol 3, No 2 (2009), Pagination: 249-251
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during rabi seasons 2002-03 to 2004-05 at ARS, Durgapura, Jaipur under irrigated coarse textured micro-farming situation to study the effect of vermicomposted mustard straw on sustainable production of barley (var. R.D.-2035) in loamy sand soil of semi arid eastern plain zone of Rajasthan. Three years pooled data revealed that application of 75% recommended dose of fertilizer (NPK)+5 tonnes vermicomposted mustard straw ha-1 gave significantly higher grain and straw yield (48.09 and 74.59 q ha-1) as compared to recommended dose of NPK (80:40:0) without organic manure i.e. 41.34 and 61.68 q ha-1, respectively and found at par with 100% recommended dose of NPK+10 tonnes FYM ha-1 and 50% recommended dose of NPK+7.5 ton vermicomposted mustard straw ha-1. Increasing dose of vermicomposted mustard straw reduces the dose of inorganic fertilizer in barley crop and increases the organic carbon content in soil.
Keywords
Barley, Electrical Conductivity (EC), Vermicomposted Mustard Straw (V.C), Organic Carbon (OC).
