Effect of mixed leaf litter vermicompost on the growth and productivity of vigna mungo under field conditions

The study was aimed at understanding the effect of mixed leaf litter (Polyalthia longifolia and Samanea saman) vermicompost on the growth and productivity of Vigna mungo plant. The vermicompost of leaf litter was used with Vigna mungo plants under field conditions. The different treatments affected the seed germination of the test crop significantly. Plant height, number of leaves per plant, number of days for flowering, number of fruits per plant, fruit length and 100 seed weight were significantly greater in the leaf litter vermicompost treated Vigna mungo plants as compared to control and no disease incidence was observed in the fruits of vermicompost treated Vigna mungo plants. The study revealed that vermicompost amendments affected Vigna mungo plants differently and we recommend that the safe and soil enriching plant leaf litter vermicompost should be used by farmers while the cultivation of Vigna mungo plants and synthetic fertilizers should be avoided instead to decrease the soil pollution by these synthetic fertilizers.