EFFECT OF MULCHING, VARIETIES AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON YIELD ATTRIBUTES AND YIELD OF CLUSTERBEAN

A field experiment was carried out during kharif seasons of 2013 and 2014 at College of Agriculture, Research farm, Gwalior (M.P.) to find ‘Effect of mulching ,varieties and nutrient management on yield attributes, yield and economics of clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba)’. On the basis of two years pooled data, the application of mulching, plastic mulch gave significantly higher yield(1974.79 Kg/ha), net return(Rs.77741.58 /ha) and BC ratio (4.51) over weed biomass and no mulch. The Variety HG 563 was found significantly highest seed yield (1900.46 Kg/ha), net return (Rs.78413.03/ha) and BC ratio(4.7). Amongst fertility levels, 75% RDF with 5 t/ha vermicompost gave significantly higher seed yield (2242.89 Kg/ha), net return (90411.24) and BC ratio (5.16) than other fertility levels.