Effect of liquid organic sources on growth, yield and quality of mungbean [Vigna-radiata (L.)] under agroclimatic zone IIIA

The field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Farm, School of Agriculture, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur (Rajasthan) during Kharif 2023 on clay loam soil to study the “Effect of Liquid Organic Sources on Growth, Yield and Quality of Mungbean [Vigna-radiata (L.)] Under Agroclimatic Zone IIIA” which was laid out in randomized block design with three replications. The experiment comprised of tenth treatments viz. T_o Control, T₁ Foliar application of Jeevaamrit @ 5%, T₂ Foliar application of Jeevaamrit @ 7.5%, T₃ Foliar application of Jeevaamrit @ 10%, T₄ Foliar application of Panchagavya @ 2%, T₅ Foliar application of Panchagavya @ 4%, T₆ Foliar application of Panchagavya @ 6%, T₇ Foliar application of Vermiwash @5%, T₈ Foliar application of Vermiwash @10%, T₉ Foliar application of Vermiwash @ 15%. In this experiment application of different liquid organic sources were applied to the mungbean variety “RMG-975”. A critical examination of data revealed that significantly higher plant height (43.61, 63.55 at 50 DAS and at harvest), number of branches/plant (4.88, 5.33 at 50 DAS and at harvest), chlorophyll content (2.70 and 2.11 mg/g at 30 and 60 DAS), plant dry weight (1.99, 12.66 and 19.40 g/plant at 25, 50 DAS and at harvest) were observed in application of T₆ (Foliar application of Panchagavya @ 6%) over control. Application of Foliar application of Panchagavya @ 6% was recorded significantly higher number of pods/plant (20.44), seeds/pod (9.66), seed yield (1190 kg/ha), straw yield (2528 kg/ha) and biological yield (3718 kg/ha) as compared to over rest of treatments. It can be inferred from the economic assessment of data that all the different organic liquid formulation treatments recorded significantly higher gross return (109424 Rs/ha) and net return (78734 Rs/ha) was recorded in application of T₆ Foliar application of Panchagavya @ 6% as compared to over rest of treatments, while significantly higher B:C ratio (2.68) was recorded in application of T₄ Foliar application of Panchagavya @ 2%.