Vol. 11, Issue 5 (2022)

Author(s):
Shivani Jolly, Harmohan Singh Yadav and Vikas Sharma

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at Research Farm, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar (Phagwara) during rabi season of November (2021) to March (2022) to investigate the response of Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) on growth and yield parameters of Pea crop with seven treatments i.e T₁ (Control), T₂ (100% NPK), T₃ (125% NPK), T₄ (75% NPK without vermicompost), T₅ (75% NPK with vermicompost 2 t ha^-1), T₆ (50% NPK without vermicompost),T₇ (50% NPK with vermicompost 2 t ha^-1) in four replications. The result revealed that the growth parameters such as plant height, number of leaves, number of pods, number of grains, fresh weight and dry weight, yield of seeds were found to be highest under treatment T₃ (125% NPK) followed by treatment T₅ (75% NPK with vermicompost 2 t ha^-1). The application of NPK through inorganic source as ell as vermicompost will significantly enhanced yield attributes at all level of fertilizer. The overall result revealed that the integrated application of organic and inorganic source (Vermicompost) will surely help farmers the getting more yield of pea crop. Application of organic source of fertilizer (vermicompost) along with deficit dose of chemical fertilizer (75% of NPK) will reduce consumption of chemical fertilizer (upto 25%), which will not harm the health of soil for growing pea crop.