Growth and Economics of Production of Rooted Black Pepper (Piper nigrum L.) Cuttings as Affected by Drenching Cattle Urine
Rutuja Sapkal *
Department of Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, College of Horticulture, Dapoli, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Maharashtra, India.
RG Khandekar
College of Horticulture, Mulde, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Maharashtra, India.
RC Gajbhiye
College of Horticulture, Dapoli, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Maharashtra, India.
RV Dhopavkar
Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Dapoli, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Maharashtra, India.
NV Dalvi
College of Horticulture, Dapoli, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Maharashtra, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
An experiment on survival and growth of rooted black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) cuttings as affected by drenching cattle urine was conducted at Department of Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, College of Horticulture, Dapoli, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli during the year 2023-24. Eleven treatments and 3 replications in Randomized Block Design viz. T1 Cattle urine 5 %, T2 Cattle urine 7.5 %, T3 Cattle urine 10 %, T4 Cattle urine 12.5 %, T5 Cattle urine 15 %, T6 Cattle urine 17.5 %, T7 Cattle urine 20 %, T8 Cattle urine 22.5 %, T9 Cattle urine 25 %, T10 Keradix powder and T11 Control with the aim to investigate effect of drenching cattle urine on growth and economics of production of rooted black pepper cuttings. The highest length of sprout (65.17 cm), number of leaves per cutting (14.32) and leaf area (78.16 cm2) were recorded in treatment T7 i.e. drenching cattle urine 20 %. The maximum survival percentage (90.33%), net profit (₹ 2515.00) and B: C ratio (1.87) found in treatment T7.
Keywords: Cattle urine, black pepper, cuttings, economics