Effect of Vermicompost as Pond Fertilizer on Growth Performance of Cirrhinus mrigala (Ham.)

Asian Journal of Biological and Life Science,2016,5,1,46-50.
Published:April 2016
Type:Research Article
Authors:
Author(s) affiliations:

Jyotsaroop Kaur*, Rajender Kumar Gupta

Department of Zoology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004 Haryana , INDIA.

 

 

Abstract:

Fertilization of organic manure and provision of supplementary feed with additives such as mineral and vitamin premix has a positive influence on the growth of Indian major carps that contributed to high fish production. An experiment was conducted to study the effect of different doses of fertilizer i.e Vermicompost @15,000kg/ha/yr ,vermicompost @10,000 kg/ha/yr, vermicompost @5,000 kg/ha/yr and cowdung @ 10,000 kg/ha/yr on the growth of Cirrhinus mrigala. The response of treatments towards increase in fish weight and total length was significantly different. The fertilizers of ponds enhanced the gross fish yield / pond / 5 months from that of the observations of control experiment. Increase in body weight of mrigal was maximum in vermicompost @10,000 kg/ha/yr. While the poor increase in body weight was observed in control.