Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper


Vol. 32 (July Suppl. Issue): 2026

Page Number: S166-S169

GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSE OF BARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE L.) TO ORGANIC AND INORGANIC NUTRIENT SOURCES IN THE EASTERN REGIONS OF UTTAR PRADESH

V.K. Yadav, K.K. Pandey, P.K. Patel, Angad Prasad, Ajay Kushwaha, Gaurav and D.N. Singh

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during the rabi season of 2023-24 at Research Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Jananayak Chandrashekhar University, Ballia, to study the “Growth and Yield Response of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) to Organic and Inorganic Nutrient Sources in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of Uttar Pradesh”. The experiment was consisting five treatments viz., 50% RDF+10 tones ha-1 vermicompost (T1), Control (T2), 75% RDF+7.5-tones ha-1 vermicompost (T3), 100% RDF+ 5 tones ha-1 vermicompost (T4), 125%RDF+2.5 tones ha-1 vermicompost (T5). The barely variety used for the study was BH393. The experimental results showed that application of 100% RDF+ 5 tones ha-1 vermicompost (T4) produced significantly higher plant height, dry matter accumulation at 60, 90 DAS and harvest, number of effective tillers plant-1, number of grains ear-1, ear length, test weight(g), Grain and biological yield over application of 50% RDF+10 tones ha 1 vermicompost, 75% RDF+7.5-tones ha-1 vermicompost, 125% RDF+2.5 tones ha-1 vermicompost (T5) and control.