Effect of Organic, Inorganic and Biofertilizers on Growth and Yields of Mungbean

Author: Anil Kapoor, Rohitashav Singh, Vijay Kumar Singh, Minakshi Serawat and Dinesh Kumar Vishwakarma

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Abstract

Feeding the ever increasing population of country with balanced nutritional requirements is big challenge. As population increases, the protein requirement of the country is increasing day by day. Another threat for agriculture production is depletion of soil health due to continuously use of only chemicals. To meet the concern demand we have to increase the production of protein rich crops specially pulses with appropriate nutrient management. Mungbean is the one of the major pulse grown in country. Keeping the challenges in mind to boost up the mungbean productivity with sustained soil health a field experiment for two year during Rabi season of 2018-19 and 2019-20 at Norman E. Borlaug Crop Research Centre, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. The experiment comprised of 18 treatment combinations with three inorganic fertilizers (75% RDF, 100% RDF and 125% RDF) and two organic manure (control and FYM 5 t/ha) and three biofertilizer treatments (Rhizobium, LNM-16 and Rhizobium + LNM-16) was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications. Application of 125% RDF was found better than 75% and 100% RDF by producing maximum plant population (278 and 271 000/ha), lowest mortality percentage (12.87% and 10.42%), maximum plant height at harvest (90.5 and 90.1 cm), DMA at 30 DAS, 60 DAS and at harvest, grain yield (1022 and 1019 kg ha-1) and stover yield (2916 and 2868 ka ha-1) during the year 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively. Application of organic manure gave higher plant population (277 and 267 000/ha), lower mortality percentage (13.34% and 12.18%), maximum plant height at harvest (87.3 and 84.3 cm), grain yield (1052 and 1042 kg ha-1) and stover yield (2908 and 2844 ka ha-1) during the year 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively. Inoculation of Rhizobium + LNM-16 was found superior to other’s by producing maximum plant population (280 and 271 000/ha), lowest mortality percentage (12.51% and 11.21%), maximum plant height at harvest (84.6 and 84.3 cm), grain yield (1059 and 1042 kg ha-1) and stover yield (2927 and 2833 ka ha-1) during the year 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively. Results suggested suitable nutrient management practices of organic manures, inorganic fertilizers and biofertilizers would be an effective approach for improving growth and yield of mungbean.

Keywords

Mungbean, Organic, Inorganic, Biofertilizers, Yield

Conclusion

As per results of experiment, we can conclude the application of 125% RDF, FYM @ 5t/ha and seed inoculation with combination of Rhizobium and LNM-16 provide the higher growth and yield of mungbean as compared to lower doses of RDF, NO FYM and seed inoculation with sole biofertilizers.

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Anil Kapoor, Rohitashav Singh, Vijay Kumar Singh, Minakshi Serawat and Dinesh Kumar Vishwakarma (2023). Effect of Organic, Inorganic and Biofertilizers on Growth and Yields of Mungbean. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(2): 929-937.