Response of Faba Bean (Vicia/aba L.) to Tillage and Crop Establishment Methods in Conjunction with Nutrient Management on Growth and Yield

摘要

Field experiment was conducted with the objective to determine the optimum tillage and crop establishment methods and nutrient management in broad bean. The treatment comprised 4 tillage practices (conventional tillage + drilling at 30 x 15 cm spacing, conventional tillage + dibbling at 30 x 15 cm spacing, pit planting by using SRI principle at 30 x 15 cm spacing and pit planting by using SRI principle at 30 x 30 cm spacing) and 3 nutrient levels (100% RDF, 50% RDF + 50% FYM and 75% RDF + 25% FYM) which were laid out in a factorial randomized block design with 3 replications. The results showed that practicing conventional tillage with drilling at 30 x 15 cm spacing was comparable with conventional tillage + dibbling at 30 x 15 cm spacing and gave substantially greater influence on growth and yield of broad bean than other tillage practices. With respect to nutrient management, applying of 75% RDF + 25% FYM showed that significantly higher influence than other nutrient levels. Tillage practices, nutrient levels and their interactions had a positive relation in all characters of growth and yield attributes of the crop. During the early stage (20 DAS) of the crop growth it had non -significant under the study. Combination of conventional tillage + dibbling at 30 x 15 cm spacing + 75% RDF + 25% FYM gave the higher significance on growth and yield broad bean than other combinations.