Exploring the potential of enhanced organic formulations for boosting crop productivity, nutrient utilization efficiency, and profitability in baby corn-Kabuli gram-vegetable cowpea cropping system

The preparation of enriched formulation by integrating of agricultural wastes such as paddy husk ash (PHA) and potato peel with organic fertilizer such as farmyard manure (FYM), compost can enrich the soil with essential plant nutrients, leading to higher yields in subsequent crops and potentially r...

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Main Authors: Garg, Kamal, Dhar, Shiva, Azman, Elisa Azura, Sharma, V. K., Meena, Rajendra Prasad, Hashim, Mohammad, Rajawat, Mahendra Vikram Singh, Ali, Ghous, Hindoriya, Phool Singh, Kumar, Yogesh, Athnere, Sonal, Kumar, Sourabh, Om, Hari, Tuti, Mangal Deep, Kumar, Birendra, Kumar, Sanjeev
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Published: Frontiers Media 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/111483/
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author Garg, Kamal
Dhar, Shiva
Azman, Elisa Azura
Sharma, V. K.
Meena, Rajendra Prasad
Hashim, Mohammad
Rajawat, Mahendra Vikram Singh
Ali, Ghous
Hindoriya, Phool Singh
Kumar, Yogesh
Athnere, Sonal
Kumar, Sourabh
Om, Hari
Tuti, Mangal Deep
Kumar, Birendra
Kumar, Sanjeev
author_facet Garg, Kamal
Dhar, Shiva
Azman, Elisa Azura
Sharma, V. K.
Meena, Rajendra Prasad
Hashim, Mohammad
Rajawat, Mahendra Vikram Singh
Ali, Ghous
Hindoriya, Phool Singh
Kumar, Yogesh
Athnere, Sonal
Kumar, Sourabh
Om, Hari
Tuti, Mangal Deep
Kumar, Birendra
Kumar, Sanjeev
author_sort Garg, Kamal
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description The preparation of enriched formulation by integrating of agricultural wastes such as paddy husk ash (PHA) and potato peel with organic fertilizer such as farmyard manure (FYM), compost can enrich the soil with essential plant nutrients, leading to higher yields in subsequent crops and potentially reducing the dependence on farmyard manure/compost alone. However, there is lack of adequate research findings regarding the impact of different formulations generated from agricultural waste on productivity, nutrient utilization efficiency and profitability of baby corn-kabuli gram-vegetable cowpea cropping system. Therefore, a two-year field experiment (2020–2022) was conducted ICAR-IARI, New Delhi with baby corn-kabuli gram-vegetable cowpea cropping system. Seven nutrient sources were tested in Randomized Block Design and replicate thrice.The results showed that treatment T4 (100% recommended dose of nitrogen (RDN) through PHA based formulation) had significant effect on crop yield grown in rotation, followed by treatment T6 (100% RDN through potato peel compost (PPC) based formulation) and T2 (100% RDN through FYM). The increase in yield was 75.0, 44.3 and 33.1% during first year and 72.6, 45.9 and 31.0% during second year, respectively, over control. Treatment T4 also significantly enhanced system uptake of N, P and K as well as system gross returns and net returns, resulting in 65.6, 84.9, 69.5, 50.7 and 55.2% higher returns during first year and 68.6, 80.5, 73.9, 50.0 and 54.2% higher returns during second year, respectively, over control. Furthermore, treatment T4 significantly improved agronomic nitrogen use efficiency and apparent recovery by 151.6 and 2.0% in baby corn, 74.2 and 1.5% in kabuli gram, 55.7 and 13.9% in veg cowpea over T7, respectively, averaged across two years of study. Based on these results, it is recommended to adopt (T4) 100% RDN through PHA based formulation, and (T6) 100% RDN through PPC based formulation in the area with a shortage of FYM but with the availability of rice husk ash or pototo peels for sustainable utilization of the agricultural wastes and improving the agricultural sustainability.
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spelling upm-1114832024-07-14T08:24:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/111483/ Exploring the potential of enhanced organic formulations for boosting crop productivity, nutrient utilization efficiency, and profitability in baby corn-Kabuli gram-vegetable cowpea cropping system Garg, Kamal Dhar, Shiva Azman, Elisa Azura Sharma, V. K. Meena, Rajendra Prasad Hashim, Mohammad Rajawat, Mahendra Vikram Singh Ali, Ghous Hindoriya, Phool Singh Kumar, Yogesh Athnere, Sonal Kumar, Sourabh Om, Hari Tuti, Mangal Deep Kumar, Birendra Kumar, Sanjeev The preparation of enriched formulation by integrating of agricultural wastes such as paddy husk ash (PHA) and potato peel with organic fertilizer such as farmyard manure (FYM), compost can enrich the soil with essential plant nutrients, leading to higher yields in subsequent crops and potentially reducing the dependence on farmyard manure/compost alone. However, there is lack of adequate research findings regarding the impact of different formulations generated from agricultural waste on productivity, nutrient utilization efficiency and profitability of baby corn-kabuli gram-vegetable cowpea cropping system. Therefore, a two-year field experiment (2020–2022) was conducted ICAR-IARI, New Delhi with baby corn-kabuli gram-vegetable cowpea cropping system. Seven nutrient sources were tested in Randomized Block Design and replicate thrice.The results showed that treatment T4 (100% recommended dose of nitrogen (RDN) through PHA based formulation) had significant effect on crop yield grown in rotation, followed by treatment T6 (100% RDN through potato peel compost (PPC) based formulation) and T2 (100% RDN through FYM). The increase in yield was 75.0, 44.3 and 33.1% during first year and 72.6, 45.9 and 31.0% during second year, respectively, over control. Treatment T4 also significantly enhanced system uptake of N, P and K as well as system gross returns and net returns, resulting in 65.6, 84.9, 69.5, 50.7 and 55.2% higher returns during first year and 68.6, 80.5, 73.9, 50.0 and 54.2% higher returns during second year, respectively, over control. Furthermore, treatment T4 significantly improved agronomic nitrogen use efficiency and apparent recovery by 151.6 and 2.0% in baby corn, 74.2 and 1.5% in kabuli gram, 55.7 and 13.9% in veg cowpea over T7, respectively, averaged across two years of study. Based on these results, it is recommended to adopt (T4) 100% RDN through PHA based formulation, and (T6) 100% RDN through PPC based formulation in the area with a shortage of FYM but with the availability of rice husk ash or pototo peels for sustainable utilization of the agricultural wastes and improving the agricultural sustainability. Frontiers Media 2024-04-05 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/111483/1/Exploring%20the%20potential%20of%20enhanced%20organic%20formulations%20for%20boosting%20crop%20productivity%2C%20nutrient%20utilization%20efficiency%2C%20and%20profitability%20in%20baby%20corn-kabuli%20gram-vegetable%20cowpea%20cropping%20system.pdf Garg, Kamal and Dhar, Shiva and Azman, Elisa Azura and Sharma, V. K. and Meena, Rajendra Prasad and Hashim, Mohammad and Rajawat, Mahendra Vikram Singh and Ali, Ghous and Hindoriya, Phool Singh and Kumar, Yogesh and Athnere, Sonal and Kumar, Sourabh and Om, Hari and Tuti, Mangal Deep and Kumar, Birendra and Kumar, Sanjeev (2024) Exploring the potential of enhanced organic formulations for boosting crop productivity, nutrient utilization efficiency, and profitability in baby corn-Kabuli gram-vegetable cowpea cropping system. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 8. pp. 1-16. ISSN 2571-581X https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1380279/full 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1380279
spellingShingle Garg, Kamal
Dhar, Shiva
Azman, Elisa Azura
Sharma, V. K.
Meena, Rajendra Prasad
Hashim, Mohammad
Rajawat, Mahendra Vikram Singh
Ali, Ghous
Hindoriya, Phool Singh
Kumar, Yogesh
Athnere, Sonal
Kumar, Sourabh
Om, Hari
Tuti, Mangal Deep
Kumar, Birendra
Kumar, Sanjeev
Exploring the potential of enhanced organic formulations for boosting crop productivity, nutrient utilization efficiency, and profitability in baby corn-Kabuli gram-vegetable cowpea cropping system
title Exploring the potential of enhanced organic formulations for boosting crop productivity, nutrient utilization efficiency, and profitability in baby corn-Kabuli gram-vegetable cowpea cropping system
title_full Exploring the potential of enhanced organic formulations for boosting crop productivity, nutrient utilization efficiency, and profitability in baby corn-Kabuli gram-vegetable cowpea cropping system
title_fullStr Exploring the potential of enhanced organic formulations for boosting crop productivity, nutrient utilization efficiency, and profitability in baby corn-Kabuli gram-vegetable cowpea cropping system
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the potential of enhanced organic formulations for boosting crop productivity, nutrient utilization efficiency, and profitability in baby corn-Kabuli gram-vegetable cowpea cropping system
title_short Exploring the potential of enhanced organic formulations for boosting crop productivity, nutrient utilization efficiency, and profitability in baby corn-Kabuli gram-vegetable cowpea cropping system
title_sort exploring the potential of enhanced organic formulations for boosting crop productivity, nutrient utilization efficiency, and profitability in baby corn-kabuli gram-vegetable cowpea cropping system
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