Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
A Tomar, J Saikia, O Jamoh and M Mohanty

Abstract:
An experiment entitled “Integrated nutrient management in dolichos bean (Lablab purpureus)” was conducted during the months of June-October 2020, at the Experimental Farm, Department of Horticulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-13 with the objective to study the effect of integrated nutrient management on growth and yield of dolichos bean. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with seven treatments which were replicated three times. The treatments were T1: RDF (30: 40: 20 kg ha-1 NPK) + FYM @ 10t ha-1, T2: 50 % RD of NPK + Microbial consortium as seed coat + Vermicompost @ 1t ha-1, T3: 25% RD of NPK + Microbial consortium as seed coat + Vermicompost @ 2t ha-1, T4: 50 % RD of NPK + Enriched Vermicompost @ 1t ha-1, T5: 25 % RD of NPK + Enriched Vermicompost @ 2t ha-1, T6: 50 % RD of NPK + Microbial consortium as seed coat + FYM @ 5t ha-1, T7: 25 % RD of NPK + Microbial consortium as seed coat + FYM @ 10t ha-1. Among the different treatments, significantly superior results in terms of growth and yield attributes of dolichos bean were obtained in treatment T2 (50 % RD of NPK + Microbial consortium as seed coat + Vermicompost @ 1t ha-1) which was followed by treatment T4 (50 % RD of NPK + Enriched Vermicompost @ 1t ha-1).