Standardization of Different Pre-sowing Seed Treatments with Jeevamrutha, Panchagavya, Neem Oil and Vermiwash on Plant Growth Yield and Yield Attributing Traits of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) Var. SSC-06

Abstract

The field experiment was carried out at Field Experimentation Center, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj (UP.) during Kharif-2021. This experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design with 13 treatments and replicated thrice to determine the effect of Jeevamrutha, Panchgavya, Neem oil and Vermiwash on growth, yield and yield attributing traits. The seeds of Cowpea variety Var. SSC-06 was treated as T0-control, T1, T2, T3, (Jeevamrutha @ 1%, 3%, 5%), T4, T5, T6, (Panchagavya @ 1%, 3%, 5%), T7, T8, T9, (Neem oil @ 1%, 3%, 5%), T10, T11, T12, (Vermiwash @ 1%, 3%, 5%) respectively for 12 hours. It was found that ANOVA showed significance difference among all the treatments with the control for all the characters under study. Among all the treatments of present study, T5 (Panchagavya @ 3% for 12 hours) was found more effective for Rate of field emergence (24.89), Plant height at 30 DAS (38.66), Plant height at 60 DAS (55.81), Plant height at 90 DAS (94.96), Days to 50% flowering (40.66), Days to maturity (58.66), Number of branches per plant (7.93), Number of pods per plant (19.4), Pod length (42.97 cm), Number of seeds per pod (13.73), Seed yield per plant (39.78), Seed yield per plot (835.56), Biological Yield (1775), Seed index (14.3) and Harvest index (47.03). Thus, treatment T5 (Panchagavya @ 3% for 12 hours) was found to be suitable pre-sowing seed treatment for growth, yield and yielding attributes of cowpea seeds.