Effect of Different Organic Nutrient Sources on the Growth and Yield of Summer Sesamum (Sesamum indicum L.)

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during Zaid season of 2023 at the Agricultural Research Station, Binjhagiri, Chhatabar, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with ten treatments and each treatment replicated thrice. Soil of the experiment field was sandy loam in texture, slightly acidic (pH-6.4), low in organic carbon (0.45%), low in available nitrogen (179 kg ha-1), medium in available phosphorous (20.0 kg ha-1) and potassium (142 kg ha-1).The results showed that the application of various organic sources like FYM, jeevamrutha, beejamrutha, panchagyavya, vermicompost and rock phosphate significantly affected the growth parameters, yield parameters, yield and economic attributes of summer sesamum net return and return per rupee.