EFFECT OF SPACING AND NUTREINT LEVELS ON THE QUALITY AND YIELD OF FODDER RICE BEAN- [VIGNA UMBELLATA (THUNB.)].
AJMAL FAYIQUE C.,* AND USHA C. THOMAS
M. Sc. Agronomy, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Trivandrum, 695 522, India
Assistant Professor (Agronomy), AICRP on Forage Crops and Utilization, College of Agriculture, Trivandrum, 695 522, India
*(e-mail : ajmalfayique123@gmail.com)
(Received : 13 July 2018; Accepted : 31 August 2018)
SUMMARY
A field experiment was conducted at College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Trivandrum to standardize the spacing and nutrient levels of fodder rice bean [Vigna umbellata (Thunb.)]. The treatments consisted of three spacings (S1 – 30 cm x 10 cm, S2 – 30 cm x 20 cm and S3 – 30 cm x 30 cm), three levels of nitrogen (N0 – 0 kg/ha, N1 – 20 kg/ha and N2 – 30 kg/ha) and three levels of phosphorous (P0 – 0 kg P2O5/ha, P1 – 20 kg P2O5/ha and P2 – 40 kg P2O5/ha). The highest protein content was observed when the lowest spacing 30 cm x 10 cm (S1) when the highest dose nitrogen was applied 30 kg/ha (N2). The lowest CF (16.43 %) was observed at S2 N0 P1. Spacing and N levels had significant impact on green fodder yield (GFY) and dry fodder yield (DFY). The highest GFY and DFY were produced at spacing of 30 cm x 10 cm (s1) and at N2 (30 kg N/ha) (while remaining at par with N1). The treatment S1 N2 P1 (30 cm x 10 cm spacing + 30 kg N/ha+20 kg P2O5/ha) recorded the highest GFY (17.29 t/ha) and DFY (3.46 t/ha).
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