Effect of Non-monetary and Monetary Agronomic Manipulations on Summer Vegetable Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L. [Cluster Bean]

The response of vegetable Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L. was studied with different sowing time under varying nutrient management in summer season. Non-monetary agronomic practice viz. change in date of sowing as tested resulted in equally good and showed superiority in performance when crop was sown on 25^th February or 10^th March over early sowing on 25^th January and 10^th February. Maximum yield and net realization (Rs. 57083 per hectare) with BCR of 3.91 were obtained from 25^th February sown crop. Crop receiving either FYM @ 10 t ha⁻¹ or biocompost @ 5 t ha⁻¹ along with 75% RDF increased green pod yield by 12.41 and 4.54 per cent and stalk yield by 11.91 and 4.56 per cent respectively over RDF @ 100%. Crop fertilized with 75% RDF + FYM @ 10 t ha⁻¹ registered maximum net realization of Rs. 52098 ha⁻¹ with BCR 3.01, which was closely followed by Rs. 49070 ha⁻¹ with BCR 3.18 under 75% RDF + Biocompost @ 5 t ha⁻¹. The same treatments also gave higher value of protein content and protein yield of vegetable Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.