Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
May Zar Myint, Raihana Habib Kanth, Amal Saxena, Farooq Ahmad Sheikh, AA Saad, Inayat Mustafa Khan, Fehim Jeelani Wani, Tauseef Ahmad Bhat and Mohd Salim Mir

Abstract:
This study examined the effects of organic nutrients and non-chemical weed control techniques on the productivity, and profitability of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) during the 2021 and 2022 growing seasons at the crop research farm of the Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura, Sher-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir. Regardless of non- chemical weed management practices, up to till the crop harvest, weed free was as control treatment. In both years, common bean was sown on the first week of June and split plot design was used with three replications, four treatments in main plot and then distributed six treatments in sub-plots. Combining statistical data from both seasons, seed yield and biological yield were significantly different from control. However, VC (1 t ha-1) showed the highest values in yield parameters, these parameters were generally equal under FYM (6 t ha-1), and FYM +VC (3 t ha-1 + 0.5 t ha -1) treatments, though. Different kinds of mulching had a considerable impact on weed management practices. In both years, the VC (1 t ha-1) and WF treatments had the highest relative economic value.