Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Deepshikha, Nisha Jangre and Alka Minz

Abstract:
The field experiment was carried out at Department of Vegetable Science, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India during Rabi season of 2021-22. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with 8 treatments in three replications. It was observed that the best yield attributes characters in treatment T₈- {Rhizobium +Zinc sulphate (ZnSO₄) + Boric acid (H₃BO₃) @ 0.5%} was found highly effective for yield attributing as it showed highestnumber of pod cluster^-1 (3.50),number of pod plant^-1 (14.84), pod length (22.73 cm), girth of pod (2.28 cm), highest pericarp weight (3.12 gm), number of seed pod^-1 (12.63), pod yield plant^-1 (168.72 gm), pod yield plot^-1 (31.21 kg), and highest pod yield was (124.85 q ha^-1). At harvest of cowpea maximum number of nodules (19.15) found in T₈ {Rhizobium + Zinc sulphate (ZnSO₄) + Boric acid (H₃BO₃) @ 0.5%}.