Effect of different organic sources on growth, yield and economics of buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Monech)

MOHAMMED YASEEN; U. K. SHANWAD; U. K. HULIHALLI; K. K. MATH

doi:10.61475/JFS.2025.v38i2.03

MOHAMMED YASEEN Department of Agronomy, Universityof Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad 580 005, India
U. K. SHANWAD Department of Agronomy, Universityof Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad 580 005, India
U. K. HULIHALLI Department of Agronomy, Universityof Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad 580 005, India
K. K. MATH Department of Soil Science & Agril. Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Dharwad -580 005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61475/JFS.2025.v38i2.03

Keywords: Buckwheat, Nutrient management, Organic sources, Pseudocereals

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at ICAR – KVK, Dharwad during rabi season of 2022-23 to find out the effect of organic nutrient management on growth, yield and economics of buckwheat. The results showed that among the treatments, application of RDF (30:15:15 kg N:P2O5:K2O ha-1) through inorganic fertilizers has recorded significantly higher growthand yield parameters viz., plant height (65.6 cm), total dry matter production per plant (7.93 g), number of clusters perplant (11.87), seed weight per plant (1.89 g), test weight (28.95 g), grain (666 kg ha-1) and straw yield (1263 kg ha-1) ascompared to the other treatments. Among the organic sources significantly higher grain yield was recorded with applicationof pongamia cake (602 kg ha-1) followed by neem cake (596 kg ha-1) and vermicompost (593 kg ha-1). Significantly higher netreturns (`26,170 ha-1) and B:C ratio (2.74) were obtained with the treatment which received RDF alone.