2024, Vol. 7, Issue 3, Part B

author(s)
S Kesika, R Krishnamoorthy, S Kandasamy, D Kumarimani Muthu Veeral and M Pazhanisamy

abstract
A field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2023 in Experimental Farm, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India to evaluate the strategies for enhancing the growth and economics of greengram. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with eight treatments and three replications comprising of T₁-100 percent RDF (25:50:25 NPK kg ha^-1), T₂-2 percent DAP as foliar application on flowering stage, T₃- 2 percent fish amino acid as foliar application on flowering stage, T₄-2 percent TNAU pulse wonder as foliar application on flowering stage, T₅-2 percent panchagavya as foliar application on flowering stage, T₆ –5 percent cow urine as foliar application on flowering stage, T₇-5 percent vermiwash as foliar application on flowering stage, T₈ - 0.5 percent egg extract as foliar application on flowering stage. The higher growth attributes such as plant height, LAI, number of branches, dry matter production (kg ha^-1), number of effective root nodules were recorded in 2 percent TNAU pulse wonder as foliar application on flowering stage (T₄), This treatment has recorded the highest gross return (Rs.62,480), net return (Rs.31,880) and BCR (2.04) compared to 100 percent RDF. Hence, it is concluded that 2 percent TNAU pulse wonder as foliar application on flowering stage, could be recommended to improve growth and economics of greengram.