Yield and quality of mungbean genotypes under different foliar application of nutrients and growth regulators
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https://doi.org/10.59797/jfl.v33i4.563Keywords:
Foliar nutrition, Genotype, Grain yield, Mungbean, ProteinAbstract
A field experiment was conducted during kharif season (2017) with the aim to study effect of foliar nutrition on growth and development, yield attributes, yield and economics of mungbean genotypes. The treatments comprised of two mungbean genotypes and six foliar nutrient applications. The performance of ‘Pant mung-5’ was found superior to ‘Pant mung-7’ in terms of number of pods/plant (53.57), test weight (36.91 g), grain yield (1222 kg/ha), protein yield (263.01 kg/ha) and B:C ratio (2.70). Pant mung-5 produced 14.2 per cent higher grain yield than Pant mung-7. Among the foliar treatments, RDF + 0.25% borax being at par with RDF +2% DAP in terms of maximum number of pods/plant (64.00) and seed yield (1421 kg/ha) recorded significantly higher test weight (38.71 g), protein yield (338.33 kg/ha) and B:C ratio (3.17) than other foliar treatments. Thus, foliar nutrition through 0.25% borax or di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) solution at pre-flowering stage over and above the recommended dose of fertilizers was found beneficial for higher mungbean yield in Uttarakhand tarai region.
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