Yield attributes and Yield of french bean as influenced by tillage and organic nutrient management in finger millet – french bean cropping system

A field experiment was conducted at the Research Farm of Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand, during 2020-21 and 2021-22. The experimental soil textural class was sandy loam with pH 5.56, EC 0.03 dS/m, and OC (5.91 g/kg). The soil was low in available nitrogen (218.63 kg/ha), medium in available phosphorus (15.75 kg/ha), and available potassium (178.32 kg/ha). The experiment was laid out in a split-plot design with three replications. The experiment consisted of four main plot treatments viz., conventional tillage–conventional tillage (CT–CT), conventional tillage–zero tillage (CT–ZT), zero tillage–conventional tillage (ZT–CT) and zero tillage–zero tillage (ZT-ZT) and subplot has four treatments with different sources of organic nutrient management viz., 100% N through FYM, 100% N through VC, 50% N through FYM + 50% N through VC and 75% N through FYM + 25% N through VC. The pooled data revealed that significantly highest value of pod length (11.60 cm), number of pods/plant (10.34), pod fresh weight (4.91 g), number of seeds/pod (6.84), 100 seed weight (40.56 g), green pod yield (82.87 q/ha) and haulm yield (102.04 q/ha) were observed in conventional tillage-conventional tillage. Among organic sources, pod length (11.62 cm), number of pods/plant (10.62), pod fresh weight (5.00 g), number of seeds/pod (6.88), 100 seed weight (40.69 g), green pod yield (88.91 q/ha) and haulm yield (104.28 q/ha) were observed maximum in 100% N through VC.