GROWTH AND YIELD OF URDBEAN (Vigna mungo L. Hepper) AS INFLUENCED BY SUNFLOWER (Helianthus annuus L.) RESIDUE MANAGEMENT

N. SHWETHA¹, GANAJAXI MATH²*
¹Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Dharwad University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka
²Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Dharwad University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka
* Corresponding Author : gkmathshreya@gmail.com

Received : 19-01-2017     Accepted : 06-02-2017     Published : 24-02-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 9       Pages : 3942 - 3944
Int J Agr Sci 9.9 (2017):3942-3944

Keywords : Compost culture, Residue, Sunflower, Urdbean
Academic Editor : Choudhary Mukesh, Simerjeet Kaur, Rajanna G.A.
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad for funding for the research under Staff Research Project
Author Contribution : None declared

A field experiment was conducted during kharif, 2014 at Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad to study the management of summer sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) residue in kharif urdbean (Vigna mungo L. hepper) under rainfed condition. The treatments comprised of FYM at 5 t ha-1 applied 15 days before sowing, sunflower residue used as mulch at the time of sowing, sunflower residue with compost culture applied 15 days before sowing, incorporation of chopped sunflower residue before 15 days of sowing, sunflower residue decomposed for 75 days with compost culture and applied at the time of sowing, sunflower residue + FYM at 5 t ha-1 applied 15 days before sowing. The results revealed that among the sunflower residue treatments significantly higher grain yield was recorded with sunflower residue at 4 t ha-1 decomposed for 75 days with compost culture (1317 kg ha-1) over other treatments and was on par with FYM at 5 t ha-1 applied 15 days before sowing (1264 kg ha-1). Growth and yield parameters were also followed the similar trend.