Biofortification in lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) through improved fertilizer management in Central Zone of India
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https://doi.org/10.59797/jfl.v32i2.687Keywords:
FeSO4, Lentil, PGPR, Rhizobium, ZnSO4Abstract
The present study was conducted under All India Coordinated Research project on MULLaRP at R.A.K. College of Agriculture, Sehore (M.P.) during rabi seasons of 2016- 17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 to investigate productivity enhancement through agronomic management of biofortification in lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus). The treatment (RDF + Soil application of ZnSO4 2.5 kg ha-1 + SI with bfr LNm 43a) resulted in significantly higher growth attributes, such as plant height (37.46 cm), number of branches (4.38), yield attributes {viz. no. of pods (105.93) and seed index (2.60 g)} and grain yield (1562 kg ha-1). During rabi season 2018-19 the results revealed that treatment of RDF + Soil application of ZnSO4 2.5 kg ha-1 + SI with bfr LNm 43a resulted in significantly higher value of Zn and protein content uptake in seed, and Fe content uptake in seed was significantly higher when treatment with RDF + Seed treatment 2 g FeSO4 kg-1 Seed + SI with bfr LNm 43a.
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