Influence of different low-cost organic inputs on growth, yield and quality of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cv. Swarna Priya

The present investigation was conducted during rabi seasons of 2016–17 and 2017–18 in the organic experimental farm of the institute by employing French bean cv. Swarna Priya. The experiment was designed after RCBD considering five organic treatments, viz.T₁: Amritjal (1%); T₂: Sanjivani (10%); T₃: Shasyagavya (10%); T₄: FYM @ 6 t ha⁻¹ + Vermicompost @ 3t ha⁻¹; and T₅: Absolute Control. Different growth, yield and quality attributes of the crop were highly influenced by different organic treatments. In this context, T₃: Shasyagavya (10%) emerged as the best treatment with the highest green pod yield of 21.15 t ha⁻¹. However, quality contributing characters performed indifferently under the exposures of organically designed treatment conditions. Though, T₃ (Shasyagavya 10%) once again materialized as the best treatment with higher amount of dry matter (9.54%), TSS (4.60⁰Brix), ascorbic acid (65.27 mg 100g⁻¹) and protein content (10.63%) in edible green pods, respectively.