Productivity, profitability and energetics of buckwheat (Fagopyrum sp.) cultivars as influenced by varying levels of vermicompost in acidic soils of Sikkim Himalayas, India
A field experiment was conducted at Research Farm of ICAR Sikkim Centre, Tadong rabi 2011 and 2012 to find out the optimum dose of vermincompost for obtaining higher productivity, profitability and energetics of two local buckwheat cultivars in Sikkim Himalaya. Results revealed that among the two c...
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A field experiment was conducted at Research Farm of ICAR Sikkim Centre, Tadong rabi 2011 and 2012 to find out the optimum dose of vermincompost for obtaining higher productivity, profitability and energetics of two local buckwheat cultivars in Sikkim Himalaya. Results revealed that among the two cultivars, Teethey recorded significantly higher number of grains/plant (170 and 165), test weight (23.8 and 23.2g), gross returns (60 × 103 and 54 × 103 ₹/ha), net returns (41 × 103 and 36 × 103 ₹/ha), B:C ratio (2.18 and 1.89), profitability (306 and 264 ₹/ha/day), production efficiency (7.88 and 7.09 kg/ha/day) and EUE (22.7 and 20.8%) over Meethey. This led to 10.8 and 9.4%, 17.2 and 18.4% and 11.7 and 8.4% increment in grain yield, B:C ratio and energy use efficiency (EUE) over Meethey. Application of vermicompost (VC) @ 2.5 tonnes/ha recorded higher values of grains/plant, test weight, grain yield and haulm yield resulting in highest gross returns. However, significantly higher B:C ratio (2.30 and 2.14) was found with VC @ 1.5 tonnes/ha over other VC levels during both years. Similarly, application of VC @ 1.5 tonnes/ha recorded maximum EUE (23.4 and 22.3%), energy productivity (1.34 and 1.28 kg/MJ) resulting in more energy saving for buckwheat production as compared to other levels of VC.
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| spelling | doaj.art-431c8feade9246239e9f5138cea781232023-07-26T06:38:10ZengIndian Council of Agricultural ResearchThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences0019-50222394-33192016-07-0186710.56093/ijas.v86i7.59726Productivity, profitability and energetics of buckwheat (Fagopyrum sp.) cultivars as influenced by varying levels of vermicompost in acidic soils of Sikkim Himalayas, IndiaSUBHASH BABU0RAGHAVENDRA SINGH1R K AVASTHE2G S YADAV3TIRTHA KUMARI CHETTRI4D J RAJKHOWA5ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim Centre, Tadong, Gangtok 737 102ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim Centre, Tadong, Gangtok 737 102ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim Centre, Tadong, Gangtok 737 102ICAR Research complex for NEH Region, Tripura Centre, West TripuraICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim Centre, Tadong, Gangtok 737 102ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya A field experiment was conducted at Research Farm of ICAR Sikkim Centre, Tadong rabi 2011 and 2012 to find out the optimum dose of vermincompost for obtaining higher productivity, profitability and energetics of two local buckwheat cultivars in Sikkim Himalaya. Results revealed that among the two cultivars, Teethey recorded significantly higher number of grains/plant (170 and 165), test weight (23.8 and 23.2g), gross returns (60 × 103 and 54 × 103 ₹/ha), net returns (41 × 103 and 36 × 103 ₹/ha), B:C ratio (2.18 and 1.89), profitability (306 and 264 ₹/ha/day), production efficiency (7.88 and 7.09 kg/ha/day) and EUE (22.7 and 20.8%) over Meethey. This led to 10.8 and 9.4%, 17.2 and 18.4% and 11.7 and 8.4% increment in grain yield, B:C ratio and energy use efficiency (EUE) over Meethey. Application of vermicompost (VC) @ 2.5 tonnes/ha recorded higher values of grains/plant, test weight, grain yield and haulm yield resulting in highest gross returns. However, significantly higher B:C ratio (2.30 and 2.14) was found with VC @ 1.5 tonnes/ha over other VC levels during both years. Similarly, application of VC @ 1.5 tonnes/ha recorded maximum EUE (23.4 and 22.3%), energy productivity (1.34 and 1.28 kg/MJ) resulting in more energy saving for buckwheat production as compared to other levels of VC. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/59726BuckwheatEnergeticsNet returnsSikkimVermicompost |
| spellingShingle | SUBHASH BABU RAGHAVENDRA SINGH R K AVASTHE G S YADAV TIRTHA KUMARI CHETTRI D J RAJKHOWA Productivity, profitability and energetics of buckwheat (Fagopyrum sp.) cultivars as influenced by varying levels of vermicompost in acidic soils of Sikkim Himalayas, India The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences Buckwheat Energetics Net returns Sikkim Vermicompost |
| title | Productivity, profitability and energetics of buckwheat (Fagopyrum sp.) cultivars as influenced by varying levels of vermicompost in acidic soils of Sikkim Himalayas, India |
| title_full | Productivity, profitability and energetics of buckwheat (Fagopyrum sp.) cultivars as influenced by varying levels of vermicompost in acidic soils of Sikkim Himalayas, India |
| title_fullStr | Productivity, profitability and energetics of buckwheat (Fagopyrum sp.) cultivars as influenced by varying levels of vermicompost in acidic soils of Sikkim Himalayas, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Productivity, profitability and energetics of buckwheat (Fagopyrum sp.) cultivars as influenced by varying levels of vermicompost in acidic soils of Sikkim Himalayas, India |
| title_short | Productivity, profitability and energetics of buckwheat (Fagopyrum sp.) cultivars as influenced by varying levels of vermicompost in acidic soils of Sikkim Himalayas, India |
| title_sort | productivity profitability and energetics of buckwheat fagopyrum sp cultivars as influenced by varying levels of vermicompost in acidic soils of sikkim himalayas india |
| topic | Buckwheat Energetics Net returns Sikkim Vermicompost |
| url | https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/59726 |
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