“Assessment of Sulphur and Bio-fertilizer (Consortia) Effects on Soil Properties, Sulphur Use Efficiency and Yield of Green-gram (Vigna radiata L.)”
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2023-08-13
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DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE & AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE BANDA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, BANDA-210001 (UTTAR PRADESH) INDIA
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The experiment was conducted during kharif 2022, at the Agriculture Research
Farm, Collage of Agriculture, BUAT. Banda U.P. Total nine treatments were laid out in
RBD with thrice replications. The research study was aimed to investigate the effect of
increasing level of sulphur with and without bio-consortia application over RDF and
control, on soil properties, sulphur use efficiency and yield of green-gram (Vigna-radiata
L.). The results revealed that T8 (RDF + 40 kg S ha-1 + bio-consortia) was significantly
superior over other treatments in plant height, nodule plant-1
, seed pod-1
, grain, stover and
biological yield including H.I. of green-gram crop cultivated variety Shikha except T6
(RDF + 20 kg S ha-1 + bio-consortia) and T7 (RDF + 30 kg S ha-1 + bio-consortia)
treatments. Maximum test weight was recorded at T8 (RDF + 40 kg S ha-1 + bio-consortia)
treatment followed by T7 (RDF + 30 kg S ha-1 + bio-consortia) treatment and minimum
at T1 (control). N, P, K & S content and uptake by green-gram also recorded significantly
higher at T8 (RDF + 40 kg S ha-1 + bio-consortia) treatment over all other treatments
except T6 (RDF + 20 kg S ha-1 + bio-consortia) and T7 (RDF + 30 kg S ha-1 + bioconsortia) treatments. Maximum protein content 26.00 % was obtained at T8 (RDF + 40
kg S ha-1 + bio-consortia) treatment and minimum protein content recorded at T1 (control)
treatment. Sulphur use efficiency was maximum at T5 (RDF + 10 kg S ha-1 + bioconsortia) treatment 29.40 and then decreased with increasing level of sulphur and bioconsortia at T6 (RDF + 20 kg S ha-1 + bio-consortia), T7 (RDF + 30 kg S ha-1 + bioconsortia) and T8 (RDF + 40 kg S ha-1 + bio-consortia) treatments 27.12, 18.38 and 14.63,
respectively. Sulphur use efficiency without bio-consortia received lesser value i.e., 15
and 12.33 at T2 (RDF + 10 kg S ha-1
) and T3 (RDF + 20 kg S ha-1
) respectively. Soil
properties at post-harvest of crop influenced by different treatments.
pH and E.C. showed decreasing trend with an increase in sulphur level but
organic carbon, available N, P, K & S content improved positively by the application of
increasing level of sulphur and bio-consortia. Over all, T8 (RDF + 40 kg S ha-1 + bioconsortia) treatment proved best and more profitable with highest gross return, net return
and B:C ratio of (Rs. 94267.73), (Rs. 57146.18) and 1.54.
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Jay Singh Chauhan, {2023}, Assessment of Sulphur and Bio-fertilizer (Consortia) Effects on Soil Properties, Sulphur Use Efficiency and Yield of Green-gram (Vigna radiata L.), M.Sc. (Ag.), DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE & AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE BANDA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, BANDA-210001 (UTTAR PRADESH) INDIA