Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue: 1

Enhancing water use efficiency and crop yield through effective nutrient management and mulching practices

  • Author:
  • Yogesh Kumar1,*, Munish Kumar1, Sarvesh Kumar1, Kaushal Kumar1, Sanjiv Kumar2, Bimlesh Kumar Prajapati1, Sanjay Yadav1
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 72 to 76

1Department of Soil Conservation and Water Management, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur-208002, Uttar Pradesh

2Department of Agronomy, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur-208002, Uttar Pradesh

*Corresponding author Email id: yogeshyog781@gmail.com

Online Published on 20 June, 2025.

Abstract

The present investigation was performed with twenty-one treatment combinations in split-plot design during the summer seasons of 2022 and 2023 at the Soil Conservation and Water Management Farm, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur. Three Mulching practices M1- No mulch and M2- Dust mulch, M3- Rice straw mulch allotted in main plot along with seven different integrated nutrient management practices: N1- 50% RDF+25% N vermicompost/ ha, N2- 75% RDF+25% N vermicompost/ha, N3- 100% RDF+25%N vermicompost/ha, N4- 50% RDF+25% N FYM /ha, N5-75% RDF+25% N FYM/ha, N6-100% RDF+25% N FYM/ha, and N7 - 100% RDF in sub-plot. The results indicate that the combination of rice straw mulch with 100% RDF along with 25% vermicompost significantly achieved the highest growth parameters, including water use, water use efficiency, grain yield, stover yield, biological yield, and harvest index.

Keywords

Integrated nutrient management, Mulch, RDF, Vermicompost, Water use