Impact of Integrated Use of Inorganic, Organic and Biofertilizers on Growth, Yield and Quality of Pea (Pisum sativum L.)

Aim: The experiment was carried out, to find out the impact of integrated use of inorganic, organic and biofertilizers on growth, yield and quality of pea (Pisum sativum L.).

Study Design: Experiment was laid out in randomized block design (RBD) with three replications. Azad P-3 variety was grown to evaluate the effect of different treatments.

Place and Duration of Study: It was conducted during 2021 at Experimental Farm of Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, DAV University, Jalandhar.

Methodology: Thirteen treatments were used for the study which consisted of different combinations of organic, inorganic and biofertilizers (FYM, Vermicompost, NPK, Azotobacter and PSB) at different levels (100%, and 75% of the recommended dose of each nutrient). Observations were recorded on days to germination, days to first flowering, days to 50% flowering, plant height (cm), number of branches per plant, number of leaves per plant, pod length (cm), number of pods per plant, pod weight (g), pod yield per plant (g/plant), pod yield per plot (Kg/plot), Shelling percentage (%), total soluble solids (TSS).

Results: Analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed significant effect of integrated use of inorganic, organic and biofertilizerson growth, yield and quality under study. Lowest number of days to germination(10.63 days); days to first flowering(59.33 days);number of days to 50% flowering(78.26 days) was recorded in T4 (100% NPK+FYM+PSB). The same treatment also resulted in highest pod length (9.18cm);number of pods per plant (16.27); pod weight (8.49g);plant height (62.37cm);pod yield per plant (55.24 g); pod yield per plot (4.32 kg);TSS (16.480B) andshelling percentage % (52.50).

Conclusion: It was observed that plants which were treated with the application of 100% NPK, FYM and PSB resulted in superior performance with respect to growth, yield and quality parameters of pea.