Trends in Biosciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 9

Influence of Selected Botanical Cake Powders, Oils and Gouch on Growth, Seed Yield of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp)

  • Author:
  • P.N. Ravikumar1, R. Paramesh1, A.G. Thejesha2, S.P. Kiran1, Sumantha K.M. Holla3, G.K. Nishanth4
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 2200 to 2202

1Dpt. of Seed Science and Technology, UAS, Banglore

2Dpt. of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Mandya

3Dpt. Of Plant Biotechnology, UAS, Banglore

4Dpt. Of Genetics and Plant Breeding, UAHS, Shivamogga

Online published on 30 November, 2016.

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at GKVK, UAS, Bengaluru-65 showed that cowpea cv. KBC-2 seeds treated with gouch @ 3 g/kg had recorded higher plant height (44.20 cm), number of leaves (7.20), number of branches (9.63), required lesser days to 50% flowering (54.33) and maturity (95.00). This seed treatment also resulted in more number of flower clusters per plant (10.83), matured pods per plant (22.24), higher pod yield per plant (31.14 g), pod yield per hectare (27.25 q) and seed yield per hectare (21.80 q) and was on-par with garlic paste seed treatment @ 100 g/kg and much superior over control.

Keywords

Cowpea, garlic paste, gouch, yield