Blackgram is one of the most important pulse crop grown in rice fallows by the farmers of Udalguri district of Assam. However, most of the land remains fallow after harvest of mono-cropped rice. So, blackgram was demonstrated using scientific cultivation practices. Fertilizer was applied as NPK@ 10-35-15 kg ha-1; Compost @ 1 t ha-1. Seed was treated with rhizobium culture @ 50 g kg-1 seed under NFSM. The result revealed that the demonstration resulted in higher production of 9.2 q ha-1 with net income of Rs. 21,500.00 ha-1 as compared to 6.90 q ha-1 with net income of Rs. 12,150.00 ha-1 in farmers practice (control). The increase in yield was 33.33% over the farmers practice. The B:C ratio was also high in demonstration (1.87) over farmers practice (1.54).
Debasish Borah*
Krishi Vigyan Kendra - Udalguri, Assam Agricultural University, Lalpool BTR, Udalguri, Assam (784 514), India
Bhaskar Baruah
Ipsita Ojah
Borah, D., Baruah, B., Ojah, I., 2022. Grow blackgram for increasing farmers’ income. Biotica Research Today 4(2), 153-155.
Borah, D., Ghosh, N., Gohain, T., 2019. Effect of integrated nutrient management on productivity, nutrient removal and soil quality of rainfed upland rice in North East India. ORYZA – An International Journal on Rice 56(1), 61-67. DOI: 10.5958/2249-5266.2019.00009.2
Ojah, I., Borah, D., Rabha, H., Deka, P., 2020. Performance of Toria using INM under Late Sown Rainfed Condition in Rice Fallow of Udalguri District of Assam, India. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci 9(7), 2799-2805.
Package of Practices for Kharif Crops of Assam, 2019. Assam Agricultural University and Dept. of Agriculture, Assam, pp. 52-53.