Effect of drip irrigation and fertigation on growth and yield of garden pea

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during 2014-15 and 2015- 16 on loamy sand soil to study the effect of drip irrigation and fertigation as compared to surface (check basin) irrigation on the pod yield, water use efficiency of garden pea (Pisum sativum var. Punjab 89). The treatments comprised of three levels of drip irrigation in combination with three levels of fertigation and surface irrigation (check basin) was considered as control treatment. The I2F2 (drip irrigation at 80% ET crop along with 80% application of recommended dose of fertilizer produced (183.4 q/ha) green pod yield which was 34.2 percent higher as compared to check basin method of irrigation (136.7 q/ha). Drip irrigation resulted in 42.8 % saving of irrigation water as compared to check basin method of irrigation.