Economics of Fieldpea (Pisum sativum L.) as Influenced by Phosphorus Levels and Bio-fertilizers in Central Plains of Uttar Pradesh, India
Drishty Katiyar *
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P.), 208002, India.
Ravindra Kumar
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P.), 208002, India.
Arushi Yadav
Department of Soil Conservation and Water Management, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P.), 208002, India.
Bimlesh Kumar Prajapati
Department of Soil Conservation and Water Management, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P.), 208002, India.
Raghvendra Kumar Kushwaha
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda, (U.P.), 210001, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted at the student instructional farm of CSAUA&T, Kanpur, during the Rabi season of 2021-22 and 2022-23. Sandy loam was the texture of the experimental soil. There are twelve treatment involving combinations of phosphorus and biofertilizers with three replication of factorial randomized block design (FRBD). A fieldpea variety IPFD 6-3 was planted according to recommended agronomic practices. The results of these studies indicate that fieldpea cultivation over a two-year period is consistent with T12 (P90 R1 PSB1), the most economically effective treatment and also recorded the highest economics parametric values i.e., maximum cost of cultivation of ₹39006 & ₹39751, gross return of ₹ 106055 & ₹118535, net return of ₹67049 & ₹ 78784 and benefit to cost ratios were 1.72 & 1.98 followed by the treatment T11.
Keywords: Fieldpea, cultivation, years, treatment, return