EFFECT OF BIO-STIMULANTS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF COW PEA (VIGNA UNGUICULATA (L.) WALP)

A field experiment is carried out at agriculture field of Agriculture Research Station, Amaravathi to study the influence of different levels of Jeevamrutha, sea weed and KNF (Korean Natural Farming). The main concept of this research work is to apply a mineral source in the form of Korean Natural forming, involving the culturing of Indigenous Micro Organisms (IMO) . KNF emphasizes self sufficiency by limiting externals inputs and relying on recycled farm waste to produce biologically active inputs. The application of this method has given more yield in cow pea. The results reveals that application of jeevamrutha at 1000 lha-1 3% of sea weed Sargassum swartzii (SSE) and KNF at 5-3-2 nutra rich pellets, significantly influenced growth parameters like plant height, number of branches, number of leaves, number of pods per plant, length of pods, number of seeds per pod, seeds weight per plant and 100 seed weight. Application of KNF is more affective in producing higher grain yield in cow pea.