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Evaluation of Different Components of Natural Farming in Black Gram (Vigna mungo L.) Under Mid Hill Conditionsof Himachal Pradesh


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1 Department of Organic Agriculture and Natural Farming, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
2 Department of Veterinary Microbiology, DGCN COVAS, CSK HPKV, Palampur, India
 

Field experiments were conducted during kharif 2019 and 2020 at Holta Zero Budget Natural Farm (ZBNF), Department of Organic Agriculture and Natural Farming, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur to evaluate the comparative efficacy of different components of natural farming on crop production and economics of black gram. The results revealed that yield attributes and yield (seed and straw) of black gram increased significantly with application of natural farming components in totality. Application of ghanjeevamrit + jeevamrit + mulching (T7) significantly increased the seed yield of black gram over T8 (absolute control) by 61.4 and 233.1 per cent during 2019 and 2020, respectively and application of ghanjeevamrit + jeevamrit (T4) recorded significantly higher net returns of Rs. 49265 ha-1 statistically at par with ghanjeevamrit + jeevamrit + mulching (T4) in 2019. However, in 2020, application of ghanjeevamrit + jeevamrit + mulching (T7) recorded higher net returns of Rs. 64206 ha over other treatments.

Keywords

Black Gram, Jeevamrit, Ghanjeevamrit, Mulching and Natural Farming.
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Authors

Nasratullah
Department of Organic Agriculture and Natural Farming, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
Rameshwar Kumar
Department of Organic Agriculture and Natural Farming, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
Sandeep Manuja
Department of Organic Agriculture and Natural Farming, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
Raj Paul Sharma
Department of Organic Agriculture and Natural Farming, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
G. D. Sharma
Department of Organic Agriculture and Natural Farming, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
Subhash Verma
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, DGCN COVAS, CSK HPKV, Palampur, India

Abstract


Field experiments were conducted during kharif 2019 and 2020 at Holta Zero Budget Natural Farm (ZBNF), Department of Organic Agriculture and Natural Farming, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur to evaluate the comparative efficacy of different components of natural farming on crop production and economics of black gram. The results revealed that yield attributes and yield (seed and straw) of black gram increased significantly with application of natural farming components in totality. Application of ghanjeevamrit + jeevamrit + mulching (T7) significantly increased the seed yield of black gram over T8 (absolute control) by 61.4 and 233.1 per cent during 2019 and 2020, respectively and application of ghanjeevamrit + jeevamrit (T4) recorded significantly higher net returns of Rs. 49265 ha-1 statistically at par with ghanjeevamrit + jeevamrit + mulching (T4) in 2019. However, in 2020, application of ghanjeevamrit + jeevamrit + mulching (T7) recorded higher net returns of Rs. 64206 ha over other treatments.

Keywords


Black Gram, Jeevamrit, Ghanjeevamrit, Mulching and Natural Farming.

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