10.1186/2251-7715-2-16

Vermicompost as soil supplement to enhance growth, yield and quality of Triticum aestivum L.: a field study

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  • Alkesh Kandoria1,
  • Adarsh P Vig*2,
  • Jaswinder Singh3,
  1. Division of Biotechnology, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Chandigarh, India
  2. Guru Nanak Dev University
  3. Department of Zoology, Khalsa Col006Cege, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Received: 2013-04-07

Accepted: 2013-06-25

Published in Issue 2013-08-14

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Kandoria, A., P Vig, A., & Singh, J. (2013). Vermicompost as soil supplement to enhance growth, yield and quality of Triticum aestivum L.: a field study. International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/2251-7715-2-16
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Abstract

Background

Vermicompost (VC) made from cattle dung as raw material was used as soil supplement in the plots of size 4.5 x 4.5 m. Five treatments were given viz. Soil (control), VC@5 t/ha, VC@10 t/ha, VC@20 t/ha and NPK (recommended by PAU, Ludhiana) in triplicates in a Randomized Block Design (RBD). A total of 50 plants were selected randomly for the assessment of growth and yield of wheat Triticum aestivum L..

Results

Most of the growth, yield and quality parameters were found to be maximum in NPK treatment. All the growth, yield and quality parameters in vermicompost treatments varied significantly from control though differences within various vermicompost treatments were not found to be significant.

Conclusion

It has been observed that there is no significant difference on applying higher doses of vermicompost and lowest dose (5 t/ha) is as effective as higher doses. So, vermicompost application is cost effective.

Keywords

  • Vermicompost,
  • Plant growth,
  • Earthworm,
  • Triticum,
  • Plants quality
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