Evaluation of Compost with different NPK level on pea plant under drought stress

摘要

Drought stress is one of the big issues, responsible for reducing crop production in the world. One of the strategies to increase crop yield is use of organic and inorganic fertilizers. The compost and NPK has positive role under drought stress on plant growth. For this purpose, the seeds of two varieties, Barani variety and Hybrid F1 variety of pea plant were purchased from local market, Rawalpindi. The compost and NPK were also purchased from local market, Rawalpindi. In order to study the effect of compost and NPK on pea plant were carried out in Green House of PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi. The combined effect of compost and NPK had showed significant increase in root length of Barani variety 70% and Hybrid variety 50%, shoot length of Barani variety 59% and Hybrid variety 70%, soil moisture of Barani variety 33% and Hybrid variety 37%, relative water content of Barani variety 48% and Hybrid variety 45%, chlorophyll a of Barani variety 70% and Hybrid variety 33%, chlorophyll b of Barani variety 43% and Hybrid variety 18% and total chlorophyll content of Barani variety is 51% and Hybrid variety 22% under the drought stress as compared to the drought control.