Influence of Vermicompost and Sulphur on Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) - Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Cropping Sequence under Loamy Sand Soil

P C Bairwa *

Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Jhilai, India.

R. Sammauria

Division of Agronomy, Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute, Durgapura, Jaipur, India.

K. K. Sharma

Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, SKNCOA, Jobner, India.

O. P. Meena

Department of Agronimy, College of Agriculture, Jhilai, India.

K. C. Gupta

Division of Agronomy, Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute, Durgapura, Jaipur, India.

R. L. Meena

Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Jhilai, India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at RARI, Durgapura-Jaipur in irrigated coarse textured agro ecological situations during Rabi 2014-15, 2015-16 & 2016-17 to find out the effect of sulphur and vermicompost application on grain and straw yield of wheat under groundnut – wheat crop sequence. Twelve treatments were taken in randomized block design with three replications, variety Raj- 3765 of wheat was taken as test crop. Three, years pooled data revealed that significantly higher grain and straw yield was obtained where, vermicompost was applied @ 6t/ha which is at par with T5 where V. C. was applied @ 2t/ha. Soil application of V. C. @ 6t/ha + S @ 45kg /ha+ N P K   gave significantly highest grain and straw yield (50.75 & 72.44 q/ha) of wheat over treatment T1, T2, T3, T4, T7 and T10 and at par with T5 and rest of the treatment. The lowest yield was recorded in T1 (37.05& 52.15 q/ha). Three-year pooled data of ground nut revealed that soil application of vermicompost @ 6t/ha + S @ 45kg /ha+ N P K   gave significantly highest pod yield (43.15 q/ha) of groundnut over treatment T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T7 and T10 and at par with T6 where vermicompost was applied @ 2 t/ha and sulphur was applied @ 45kg/ha (40.08 q/ha) and rest of the treatments. The lowest yield was recorded in T1 (30.51 q/ha).

Keywords: Sulphur, vermicompost, cropping sequence, system wheat equivalent yield


How to Cite

Bairwa, P C, R. Sammauria, K. K. Sharma, O. P. Meena, K. C. Gupta, and R. L. Meena. 2025. “Influence of Vermicompost and Sulphur on Groundnut (Arachis Hypogaea) - Wheat (Triticum Aestivum) Cropping Sequence under Loamy Sand Soil”. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 37 (5):128-45. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55437.

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