Vol. 9 (1) : January-February 2018 issue
Green Farming Vol. 9 (1) : 84-87 ; January-February, 2018
Effect of teak leaf litter addition on residual nutrient availability in soil and yield of Abelmoschus moschatus
PADMAJA H. KAUSADIKAR1*, SINDHU R. RATHOD2, V.M. ILORKAR3 and Y.R. KHOBRAGADE4
All India Crop Improvement Project on Agroforestry, PDKV, College of Agriculture, Nagpur - 444 001 (Maharashtra)
Designation : 1Scientist S-1 *(kausadikarpadmaja@gmail.com), 2P.G. Student, 3Sr. Scientist, 4Assistant Professor
Subject : Soil Science & Agric. Chemistry; Soil Health & Soil Conservation Engg.
Paper No. : P-7103
Total Pages : 4
Received : 21 December 2017
Revised accepted : 22 January 2018
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Citation :
PADMAJA H. KAUSADIKAR, SINDHU R. RATHOD, V.M. ILORKAR and Y.R. KHOBRAGADE. 2018. Effect of teak leaf litter addition on residual nutrient availability in soil and yield of Abelmoschus moschatus. Green Farming Vol. 9 (1) : 84-87 ; January-February, 2018
ABSTRACT
The field investigation in relation to effect of teak leaf litter addition on residual nutrient availability in soil and yield of Abelmoschus moschatus was conducted in the year 2016-17 at Agroforestry Research Farm, College of Agriculture, Nagpur. The experiment was framed in Randomized block design (RBD) with ten treatments consisting of various levels of teak leaf litter combined with cow dung and bio-decomposer which were replicated thrice. Treatment, T7 supplied with 5 t ha-1 teak leaf litter + cow dung @ 50% teak leaf litter bio-decomposer recorded significantly higher fresh and dry foliage yield (139.02 q ha-1 and 20.34 q ha-1) as well as seed yield (18.91 q ha -1). The lowest values for pH were recorded in T5 and T10 with teak leaf litter @ 2.5 t ha-1+ cow dung @ 50% of teak leaf litter + bio-decomposer and teak leaf litter @ 7.5 tha-1 + cow dung @ 50% of teak leaf litter + bio-decomposer respectively ( pH 7.01). The lowest values for EC were recorded with T4 teak leaf litter @ 7.5 t ha-1 EC (0.11 dS m-1) after the harvest of the Kasturi bhindi. The highest organic carbon (6.53 g kg-1) was recorded with application of 75 t teak leaf litter in treatment T4 while available N, P (17.89 kg ha-1) and K (359.14 kg ha-1) were recorded in T7 with application of teak leaf litter @ 5 t ha-1+ cow dung @ 50% of teak leaf litter+ bio- decomposer.
Key words :
Abelmoschus moschatus, Available N, P & K, Cowdung, Foliage & seed yield, Teak leaf litter.