Influence of Weeds as Nutrient Source on Paddy Yield, Residual Soil Properties and Economics 234
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Author:R. Krishnamurthy
p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:98, Issue:jul-sep
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.100284
Abstract
To evaluate the effect of recommended dose of fertilizers and Parthenium and Chromolaena
as green manures and their compost incorporation on paddy yield and its nutrition, field
experiment was conducted during kharif 2006 in sandy soil at Chickmagalur district of Karnataka
state in farmers field. The field experiment was laid out in random complete block design
with three replication and ten treatment combinations. Combined application of recommended
dose of fertilizer in combination with chromolaena compost @ 7.5 t/ha recorded significantly
higher grain yield as compared to rest of the treatments. The increase in the grain yield is by
about 88.42 per cent over control. Significant differences in all the chemical properties of
post harvest soil were observed due to application of recommended dose of fertilizers and
different levels of organic manures. The net return and benefit cost ratio due to application
of recommended dose of fertilizer in combination with chromolaena compost @ 7.5 t/ha was
Rs.39957 and 2.29 respectively and recommended dose of fertilizer in combination with
Parthenium compost @ 7.5 t/ha Rs.38274 and 2.22 respectively
Key words : Paddy, Chromolaena, Parthenium, compost, yield, nutrient, economics.