Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2020) 9(12): 617-624 617 Review Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.912.073 Effect of Panchagavya on Growth and Yield: A Review Chunchu Suchith Kumar * and Gurpreet Singh Department of Agronomy, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Introduction Panchagavya is a Sanskrit word that means a blend of five products obtained from cow. The five products include Cow dung + Cow urine + Cow milk + Cow curd and Cow ghee. All these are individually called “ Gavya” and altogether called a “Panchagavya”. All these five products are the main components for the preparation of Panchagavya. Along with these, other components like jaggery, sugarcane juice, ripen bananas, yeast and tender coconut water also used to boost the fermentation and support the beneficial micro-organisms growth. Preparation of Panchagavya is as follows Natarajan (2002) procedure is as follows: Take fresh cow dung (7kg) and cow ghee (1kg) and mix them thoroughly and incubate them for two days. Next, add cow urine (3litre) along with 10 litre of water and stir them properly for one week daily at mornings and evenings. Then add sugarcane juice (3 litre) or jaggery mixed in water at the rate of 1:6 ratio. Add cow milk (2 litre), cow curd (2 litre), tender coconut water (3 litre), yeast (100 g) and ripened banana (12). Stir the solution thoroughly and properly for three weeks daily at mornings and evenings. Finally, Panchagavya is ready and can be used thereafter. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 12 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Panchagavya, an ancient Vedic formulation is a blend of five products namely the dung, urine, milk, curd and ghee obtained from an indigenous cow. All the five components are easily available to the farmer and can be made easily by the farmer himself thereby reducing the initial investment. It is rich in growth enhancing substances like organic compounds, hormones, micro and macro nutrients and minerals besides having anti- bacterial and insecticidal properties. Panchagavya enhances the productivity by increasing the growth of roots, stems, branches and leaves and related parameters like root length, stem length, number of branches, number of leaves, leaf area index, chlorophyll content, oil content, protein content and other quality parameters finally contributing to the overall high yield and yield attributes. Thus, it plays an important role in the overall growth and development of crop plants and increase of yield and profits. It is also eco- friendly. Keywords Panchagavya, Organic, Foliar, Cow urine Accepted: 07 November 2020 Available Online: 10 December 2020 Article Info