Influence of vermicompost on quality, soil status and their correlation in sweet corn.
Khadtare S. V., Patel M. V., Mokashi D. D.
Author Affiliation: AICRP on Dryland Agriculture, ZARS, Solapur - 413 002 (M.S.), India.
Annals of Plant Physiology 21 : 194-197
Abstract : The research work carried out at the college farm of Anand Agricultural University, Anand. during rabi season of 2005-06. The soil of the experimental field was loamy sand in texture having good drainage capacity, low in organic carbon (0.38%) and available nitrogen (0.031%), while medium in available phosphorus (50.4 kg ha-1) and high in available potassium (286 kg ha-1). The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design with four replications. The ten treatments comprised of application of 25% RDN through vermicompost prepared from different organic wastes in eight treatments with 75% RDF, while 25% RDN was applied through FYM in treatment T9 with 75% RDF and treatment T1, was kept as control with application of recommended dose of fertilizer (150:50:0 kg NPK ha-1) through inorganic fertilizers. Data revealed that protein content, TSS content were significantly influenced by T10, T4 and T6. The available nitrogen was significantly higher in all the treatments except the treatments T10 and T5 Comparatively higher value of available nitrogen was reported in treatment T4 (226.2 kg N ha-1). The different treatments did not have significant influence on available status of P2O5, K2O and zinc.