Effect of Applied Phosphorus, Sulphur and Bio-fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea L.) in Agri-horti System

Author: Kumar A., Singh J.K., Choudhary S.K. and Anand S.

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Abstract

The rising population increases demand for vegetable oil day by day especially in developing countries like India. But the cultivable lands are decreasing gradually, which needs a modified farming system to fulfil the daily requirement of the people. To overcoming this situation the agroforestry seems to be a good alternative. Therefore, present investigation entitled “Effect of applied phosphorus, sulphur and bio-fertilizers on growth and yield of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) in agri-horti system” was studied during Rabi season, 2021-22 at Agricultural Research Farm, R.G.S.C. (BHU), Barakachha, Mirzapur (U.P.). The field experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with six treatments in Indian mustard variety ‘JD-6’ (Pusa Mahak) under 13 years old stone apple based agri-horti system with three replication. The results exhibited that the combined application of 50, 25 kg PS ha-1, significantly increased yield and yield attributing characters viz., plant height, number of primary branches per plant and length of siliquae. It also significantly improved the oil content and oil yield. Moreover, the use of PSB and SDB improved all yield contributing characters, such as number of siliquae per plant, number of seed per siliquae and the seed weight, as compared to control. However, seed inoculation with SDB was achieved the maximum yield (772 kg ha-1) as compared with PSB and control. The maximum oil contain and oil yield of Indian mustard were recorded for the application of seed inoculation with SDB under stone apple based agri-horti system.

Keywords

Agri-horti system, Bio-fertilizer, Indian mustard, Phosphorus, Sulphur

Conclusion

The present investigation suggest that the application of phosphorus, sulphur and bio-fertilizers (PSB and SDB) significantly increases the yield and yield attributing traits in Indian mustard variety ‘JD 6’ grown under the wood apple based agri-horti system of Vindhyan region of Mirzapur. It also significantly improve the oil content and oil yield. Since this issue only contains the results of a one-year experiment, it is advised that the experiment be repeated for another two or three years in order to arrive at a reliable conclusion.

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Kumar A., Singh J.K., Choudhary S.K. and Anand S. (2023). Effect of Applied Phosphorus, Sulphur and Bio-fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea L.) in Agri-horti System. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(9): 1071-1073.