Feasibility of.vermi-farming in peanut (Arachis hypogaea)- vegetable pea (Pisum sativum) cropping system

Abstract

A study was undertaken to improve the pod yield of 9 groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) and grain yield of vegetable pea (Pisum sativum L.) for creating possibility of pollution-free environment. Release of earthworms as vermiculture @ 60,00O/ha (6/m2) in peanut was found significantly better, giving higher pod yield (12.16 g/ha) than all other ingredient combinations except farmyard manure (FYM) @ 100 q/ha + vermiculture @ 60,00O/ha (13.20 q/ha). The use of FYM @ 100 q/ha + release of earthworm in peanut significantly increased the yield of succeeding crop of vegetable pea (23.62qlha) over all the treatments except the A use of FYM Q I00 q/ha in combination with vermiculture @ 60,00O/ha (24.10 q/ ha). Thus the peanut and vegetable pea could successfully be raised under sequential cropping by the use of FYM @ 100 q/ha + verrniculture @ 60,00O/ha to peanut and N,, + P,,kg/ha as a starter dose to vegetable pea besides better management of natural resources and residue for higher productivity and monetary return.