Crop Research
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue: 3

Effect of farm yard manure, vermicompost, chemical fertilizer and integrated weed management on yield, yield contributing characters and quality of mint (Mentha arvensis L.)

  • Author:
  • R. K. Upadhyay, D. D. Patra1, S. K. Tewari2, Hari Baksh3
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 344 to 348

1Division of Agronomy and Soil Science, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Kukrail Picnic Spot Road, Lucknow-226 015, Uttar Pradesh, India

2Division of Agronomy, National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India

3School of Life Sciences, J. N. U., New Delhi, Delhi, India

RP-RDS International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)Patancheru-502 324, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Online published on 19 March, 2018.

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at the research farm of Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant (CIMAP), Lucknow, India, during 2009–10 to ascertain the response of farm yard manure (FYM), vermicompost (VC), inorganic input and integrated weed management on yield and yield contributing characters of mint (Mentha arvensis). The results revealed that application of 40: 20: 20 kg NPK/ha+FYM @ 5 t/ha+VC @ 2 t/ha in conjunction with hand weeding at 30, 60 and 90+pendimethalin @ 1 1 a. i./ha as pre-emergence (T5W4) recorded the highest fresh herb yield of mint (240.5 q/ha) and it was at par with T2W4 (230.5 q/ha) as compared to others and the lowest was found in T1W1. Almost same trend as of oil yield (kg/ha) was observed with respect to oil content (%) and oil yield (kg/ha) of mint.

Keywords

FYM, Menthol mint (Mentha arvensis L.), Vermicompost, Weed management