Studies on sulphur, zinc and biofertilizers on yield, yield attributes and nutrient content at different growth stages in mungbean
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https://doi.org/10.53550/jfl.v21i4.1921Keywords:
Biofertilizers, Mungbean, Nutrient content, Sulphur, Yield attributes, ZincAbstract
The experiments were conducted to study the effect of sulphur, zinc and biofertilizers application on yield, yield attributes and nutrient content in mungbean. The results showed that mungbean responded significantly to the application of sulphur, zinc and biofertilizers. Application of nitrogen @ 15 kg/ha together with Rhizobium and Azotobacter inoculation, 40 kg S/ ha, and 15 kg ZnO/ha resulted in grain yield of 936.74, 939.78 and 909.38 kg/ha, respectively. All the three factors individually showed significant effect on yield attributes and nutrient content. It was observed that application of S @ 40 kg/ha resulted in higher contents of N, P, K, and S and lower Zn content in mungbean whereas ZnO @15 kg/ha increased N, K, Zn contents and decreased the P and S contents at different growth stages in mungbean. These treatments had significant influence on dry matter weight, height and branches/plant, number of pods/ plant, pod length, number of seeds/pod and 1000-grain weight
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