Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif season of 2012 on loamy sand soil to study the effect of vermicompost and biofertilizers on growth, yield and quality of cowpea. The experiment consisted of four treatments of vermicompost (control, 2.0, 4.0 and 6.0 t/ha) and four treatments of biofertilizer (control, Rhizobium, PSB and Rhizobium+PSB) thereby making sixteen treatment combinations tested in Randomized Block Design with four replications. The results indicated the application of vermicompost 4.0 t/ha gave maximum and significantly higher the net returns over other treatments and remained at par with 6.0 t/ha of vermicompost. Whereas, seed yield, straw yield, biological yield, total root nodules and leghaemoglobin content significantly increased upto 6.0 t/ha and remained at par with 4.0 t/ha of vermicompost over other treatments. But, protein content in seed and effective root nodules significantly higher upto 6.0 t/ha of vermicompost over other treatments. The nitrogen fixation capacity unchanged under different levels of vermicompost. Results further indicated that combined seed inoculation with the Rhizobium + PSB significantly increased the seed yield, straw yield, biological yield, protein content in seed, total root nodules, effective root nodule, leghaemoglobin content, nitrogen capacity and net returns over control and other treatments.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost at 4.0 t/ha maximized net returns, exceeded other treatments significantly, and was at par with 6.0 t/ha.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatat0 - Treatment
- vermicompost 4.0 t/hae0
- Outcome
- net returnse0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Qualifier
- at par with 6.0 t/ha of vermicomposte0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“application of vermicompost 4.0 t/ha gave maximum and significantly higher the net returns over other treatments and remained at par with 6.0 t/ha of vermicompost”
t0“cowpea”
t1“cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost increased seed, straw and biological yield up to 6.0 t/ha, with results at par with 4.0 t/ha.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- 6.0 t/hae0
- Outcome
- seed yield, straw yield, biological yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“seed yield, straw yield, biological yield, total root nodules and leghaemoglobin content significantly increased upto 6.0 t/ha and remained at par with 4.0 t/ha of vermicompost over other treatments”
t0“cowpea”
t1“cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost increased total root nodules and leghaemoglobin content up to 6.0 t/ha.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- 6.0 t/hae0
- Outcome
- total root nodules and leghaemoglobin contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“total root nodules and leghaemoglobin content significantly increased upto 6.0 t/ha and remained at par with 4.0 t/ha of vermicompost over other treatments”
t0“cowpea”
t1“cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost at 6.0 t/ha significantly raised seed protein content.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- 6.0 t/ha of vermicomposte0
- Outcome
- protein content in seede0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“protein content in seed and effective root nodules significantly higher upto 6.0 t/ha of vermicompost over other treatments”
t0“cowpea”
t1“cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost at 6.0 t/ha significantly raised effective root nodule number.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- 6.0 t/ha of vermicomposte0
- Outcome
- effective root nodulese0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“protein content in seed and effective root nodules significantly higher upto 6.0 t/ha of vermicompost over other treatments”
t0“cowpea”
t1“cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Nitrogen fixation capacity was unchanged across vermicompost levels.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- different levels of vermicomposte0
- Outcome
- nitrogen fixation capacitye0
- Direction
- unchangede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The nitrogen fixation capacity unchanged under different levels of vermicompost.”
t0“cowpea”
t1“cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Rhizobium plus PSB inoculation increased seed, straw and biological yield relative to control and other treatments.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- combined seed inoculation with the Rhizobium + PSBe0
- Second interactor
- PSBe0symbiont
- Outcome
- seed yield, straw yield, biological yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- control and other treatmentse0
RhizobiumOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“combined seed inoculation with the Rhizobium + PSB significantly increased the seed yield, straw yield, biological yield, protein content in seed, total root nodules, effective root nodule, leghaemoglobin content, nitrogen capacity and net returns over control and other treatments”
t0“cowpea”
t1“cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Rhizobium plus PSB inoculation increased seed protein content.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- combined seed inoculation with the Rhizobium + PSBe0
- Second interactor
- PSBe0symbiont
- Outcome
- protein content in seede0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- control and other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“combined seed inoculation with the Rhizobium + PSB significantly increased the seed yield, straw yield, biological yield, protein content in seed, total root nodules, effective root nodule, leghaemoglobin content, nitrogen capacity and net returns over control and other treatments”
t0“cowpea”
t1“cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Rhizobium plus PSB inoculation increased total and effective root nodules and leghaemoglobin.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- combined seed inoculation with the Rhizobium + PSBe0
- Second interactor
- PSBe0symbiont
- Outcome
- total root nodules, effective root nodule, leghaemoglobin contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- control and other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“combined seed inoculation with the Rhizobium + PSB significantly increased the seed yield, straw yield, biological yield, protein content in seed, total root nodules, effective root nodule, leghaemoglobin content, nitrogen capacity and net returns over control and other treatments”
t0“cowpea”
t1“cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Rhizobium plus PSB inoculation increased nitrogen capacity.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- combined seed inoculation with the Rhizobium + PSBe0
- Second interactor
- PSBe0symbiont
- Outcome
- nitrogen capacitye0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- control and other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“combined seed inoculation with the Rhizobium + PSB significantly increased the seed yield, straw yield, biological yield, protein content in seed, total root nodules, effective root nodule, leghaemoglobin content, nitrogen capacity and net returns over control and other treatments”
t0“cowpea”
t1“cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Rhizobium plus PSB inoculation increased net returns.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- combined seed inoculation with the Rhizobium + PSBe0
- Second interactor
- PSBe0symbiont
- Outcome
- net returnse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- control and other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“combined seed inoculation with the Rhizobium + PSB significantly increased the seed yield, straw yield, biological yield, protein content in seed, total root nodules, effective root nodule, leghaemoglobin content, nitrogen capacity and net returns over control and other treatments”
t0“cowpea”
t1“cowpea”
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