Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
Simran Kour, Madhu Yadav, Amit Kumar and Heenashree Mansion

Abstract:
From June to November 2019, studies at the Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan investigated how different doses of organic manure combined with the application of vermiwash influenced cowpea growth. A randomised complete block design with three replications was used in the experiment. Under current agro-climatic conditions, cowpea crop for green pods fertilised with 1/2 recommended dose of nitrogen through farm yard manure + 1/2 recommended dose of nitrogen through neem cake with vermiwash spray at 10% concentration at early flowering stage proved most efficient in enhancing cowpea growth. The treatment T13 had the greatest plant length at 60 days after sowing, 75 days after sowing, and at harvest (33.95 cm, 85.54 cm, and 86.67 cm), the greatest number of leaves per plant at 60 and 75 days after sowing (84.57 and 88.75), the greatest number of branches per plant (10.20), the shortest time taken for the first picking (50.33 days), and the greatest number of pickings (5.5).