Effect of different organic and inorganic nitrogenous fertilizers on growth, yield and soil properties of pea (Pisum sativum L.)

A field experiment was conducted during rabi seasons of 2016-17to find out the effect of Effect of Different Organic and Inorganic Nitrogenous Fertilizers on growth, yield and Soil properties of Pea” (Pisum sativum L.) at research farm of Uttaranchal (P.G) College of Bio Medical Sciences and Hospital, Dehradun. The experiment compromised of 8 treatments and combination where control (T1), NPK (T2), FYM (T3), Vermicompost (T4), NPK + FYM (T5), NPK + Vermicompost (T6), NPK + FYM + Vermicompost (T7) and FYM + Vermicompost (T8) were applied to all the treatments. The treatments were laid in Randomised Block Design (RBD) with 3 replication of each treatment. The variety of pea used was Arkel. Observations on growth, yield attributing characters and yield recorded and analysed statistically. All the treatments better response to growth and yield attributes over control. Among the various treatment T7 (NPK + FYM + Vermicompost) proved superior with increased plant height, number of leaves per plant, number of branches per plant, number of pods per plant, number of seed per pod, seed yield. The treatment T7 also recorded higher value of soil available N, P2O5 and K2O after the crop harvest and lowest was recorded in T1 (control).Next to T7 the treatment T5 (NPK + FYM) showed better response to growth attributes, seed yield and after crop harvest, soil available N, P2O5and K2 than the rest of the treatments. It is concluding that the bio-fertilizer showed the significant difference. It is suggested that bio-fertilizer may be effective not only sustaining crop productivity and in soil health, but also in supplementing chemical fertilizer of crop.