Vol. 7 (2) : March-April 2016 issue
Green Farming Vol. 7 (2) : 332-336 ; March-April, 2016
Impact of bio-accelerated farming and conventional farming system on growth and yield of maize under rainfed condition
DIPEN DAHALa1, BINOY CHETTRIb2*, J. GHOSHc3 and N. CHOWDHURYc4
aNational Research Center for Orchid (ICAR), Pakyong, East Sikkim - 737 106
bRegional Research Station (HZ), Dungra, Kalimpong, Darjeeling - 734 301
cDepartment of Agricultural Entomology, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cochbehar - 736165
Designation : 1Res. Associate, 2Res. Asstt. *(yonib2050@gmail.com), 3,4Assoc. Professor
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. : P-3838
Total Pages : 5
Received : 23 June 2015
Revised accepted : 25 February 2016
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Citation :
DIPEN DAHAL, BINOY CHETTRI, J. GHOSH and N. CHOWDHURY. 2016. Impact of bio-accelerated farming and conventional farming system on growth and yield of maize under rainfed condition. Green Farming Vol. 7 (2) : 332-336 ; March-April, 2016
ABSTRACT
The field experiments was conducted at the Instructional Farm of Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar to study the growth, yield, quality and uptake of nutrients as influenced by Bio-accelerated Farming (BF) and Conventional Farming System (CF). From the pooled data, the highest growth attributing characters (plant height, root length, leaf width and stem girth) was recorded under CF compared to the BF. The highest yield attributes (cob length, grains cob-1 and cob weight) was recorded under CF except test weight. The highest yield was recorded under CF (2069 kg ha-1) compared to the (1939 kg ha-1) BF. The highest moisture percentage recorded under conventional farming (68.29 %) than BF (65.36%). The nutrients uptake by crop was recorded highest under the conventional farming system compared to BF. The quality and microbial population was recorded higher under bio-accelerated compared to the conventional farming system. The bio-accelerated farming produces the quality crop restoring the quality of soil and better grain quality. The better economic returns in bio-accelerated farming also proved its superiority.
Key words :
Bio-accelerated farming, Conventional farming, Growth & yield attributes, Maize.
