Himachal Journal of Agricultural Research

Naveen Kumar ¹, Navell Chander ¹, Sunil Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agronomy, Forages and Grassland Management, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur (HP) 176 062, IN

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted from rabi 2000 to kharif 2008 to study the effect of different forage based cropping systems on productivity, sustainability, nutrient use productivity, monetary efficiency and soil properties under mid hill conditions of north-western Himalaya. Eight cropping systems were tested in randomized block design with three replications. Oat (Avena sativa L.) + fodder sarson (Brassica rapa L.) - fodder maize (Zea mays L.) + fodder cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) cropping system resulted in highest green fodder equivalent yield (60. 77 t/ha/year) with better production efficiency (166 kg/ha/day) and sustainable yield index (0.99). In terms of net returns, wheat - fodder maize cropping system maintained superiority (Rs.39,676/ha/year) with monetary efficiency of Rs.109/ha/day. Systems comprised of short duration crops and legumes, resulted in improvement in available soil NPK. However, inclusion of sorghum and guinea grass in the cropping system did not improved soil nitrogen status even after the completion of eight crop cycles.

Keywords

Cropping Systems, Fodder Yield, Monetary Efficiency, Sustainable Yield Index, Nutrient Use Efficiency.

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Priyanka Kumari ¹, Naveen Kumar ¹, Sanjay K. Sharma ¹, A. D. Bindra ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agronomy, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, IN

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at Research Farm of Fodder Section, CSK HPKV, Palampur during Rabi 2018-19 to assess the effect of different nutrient management practices on nutrient content, their uptake and quality of wheat in an ongoing study of sorghum + pearl millet – wheat cropping sequence initiated from Kharif 2018. Ten nutrient management treatments were tested in randomized block design with three replications. Integrated nutrient management i.e. 50 per cent recommended N + 10 t/ha FYM + 10 per cent Jeevamrit and 50 per cent recommended N + 10 t/ha FYM + 5 per cent Jeevamrit and recommended NPK through inorganic sources behaving alike resulted in higher nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content and their uptake in grain and straw of wheat than other treatments comprised of organics (10 t/ha FYM + Jeevamrit) and natural farming (Beejamrit + Jeevamrit and Jeevamrit) systems of nutrition. Improvement in quality of wheat in respect of crude protein content and crude protein yield was also noticed with integrated nutrient management and recommended NPK over other treatments.

Keywords

Nutrient Uptake, Wheat, Nutrient Management, Natural Farming.

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Akash Rana ¹, G. D. Sharma ¹, Naveen Kumar ¹, N. K. Sankhyan ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agronomy, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, IN
2 Department of Soil Science, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, IN

Abstract

The field experiment was conducted to study the effect of sowing time and nutrient management on performance of new genotype of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea (L.) Czernj. Cosson) at experimental farm of Department of Agronomy, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur during Rabi 2019-2020. Soil of the experimental site was silty clay loam in texture, acidic in reaction, medium in organic carbon, low in available nitrogen, medium in available phosphorus and potassium. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with two factors replicated thrice. The treatments consisted of six nutrient management practices viz., Inorganic (RDF), Organic farming, Natural farming, Natural farming + 5 t FYM/ha, Natural farming + 7.5 t FYM/ha and Natural farming + 10 t FYM/ha and two dates of sowing (11^th October and 26^th October). Results revealed that early sown mustard crop produced significantly taller plants and other growth and development parameters viz., dry matter accumulation, emergence count, days to 50% flowering and days to physiological maturity. Seed yield, stover yield and biological yield were also high in case of early sown crop than late sown crop. Among nutrient management practices, application of recommended dose of fertilizers remained superior in terms of plant height, dry matter accumulation, emergence count, days to 50% flowering, days taken to physiological maturity, seed yield, stover yield and biological yield.

Keywords

RDF, FYM, Natural Farming, Nutrient Management, Growth and Development, Dates of Sowing.

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Sukhchain Singh ¹, Naveen Kumar ¹, Sandeep Manuja ¹, Pardeep Kumar ¹, Usha Rana ¹, Pawan Kumar Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur–176 062,, IN

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted for four consecutive seasons from kharif 2019 to rabi 2020-21 at CSK, Himachal Pradesh, Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh (India) to evaluate the effect of different sources of nutrients on growth and productivity of maize-wheat cropping system. The experiment -1 was laid down in Randomized Block Design with three replications having seven treatments viz., T1 - 10t ha -1 FYM + 5% Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks interval, T - 10t ha FYM + 10% Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks 2 -1 -1 interval, T3 - 50% RDN+ 10 t ha FYM+ 5% Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks interval, T4 - 50% RDN+ 10 t ha FYM+ 10% Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks interval T - seed treatment with Beejamrit followed by 5% 5 Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks interval, T - seed treatment with Beejamrit followed by 10% Jeevamrit as 6 basal and at 4 weeks interval, T - recommended NPK through inorganic sources. Application of 50% RDN + 10 7 -1 -1 t ha FYM + 10% Jeevamrit remaining at parwith application of 50% RDN + 10 t ha FYM + 5% Jeevamrit and application of recommended NPK resulted in higher leaf area index and crop growth rate of maize and wheat. -1 Application of 50% RDN + 10 t ha FYM + 10% Jeevamrit proved best to obtain higher relative growth rate of maize, whereas relative growth rate of wheat at 60-90 DAS, 90-120 DAS and 120-150 DAS was significantly higher with Beejamrit + 5% Jeevamrit application. Significantly higher grain yield of maize and wheat, total - yield of system and system productivity of maize-wheat cropping system was obtained with 50% RDN + 10 t ha 1 FYM + 10% Jeevamrit.

Keywords

Leaf area index, Jeevamrit, yield, maize, wheat.

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