PRAKASH, S. S.DIVYASHREE, K.S.2020-10-062020-10-062020-06-09Th-12591https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810152529Response of greengram and blackgram to method and levels of micronutrients mixture application in soils of Cauvery Command Area was studied at College of Agriculture, V.C. Farm, Mandya during Kharif 2017 and 2018. The experiments were laid out in RCBD with fourteen treatments viz., control, RDF + FYM, foliar application of MMF1 (Fe + Mn+ Zn + Cu + Mo) and MMF2 (MMF1+B) at 20 DAS, 40 DAS, 20 and 40 DAS and soil application of MMS1 (2 times of MMF2), MMS2 (2 times of MMS1), MMS3 (MMS1 –B) and MMS4 (MMS2 –B). The results revealed that application of FYM + RDF + MMF1 at 20 DAS and MMF2 at 40 DAS recorded significantly higher yield in greengram (1054.55 kg ha-1) and blackgram (1591.52 kg ha- 1) compared to all other treatments except FYM + RDF + MMS2 and FYM + RDF + MMF2 at 40 DAS treatments. The content of Fe (51.23 and 47.60 %), Mn (36.25 and 9.11 %), Zn (28.04 and 29.99 %), Cu (12.36 and 6.00 %) and B (22.99 and 18.64 %) in seeds were increased due to application of FYM + RDF + MMF1 at 20 DAS + MMF2 at 40 DAS over FYM+RDF treatment in greengram and blackgram, respectively. The nutritional factors like protein, antioxidants activity were increased, while antinutritional factors decreased with the micronutrients mixture application. Soil available nutrients were significantly higher with the soil application of micronutrients mixture + FYM + RDF treatments compared to control and FYM + RDF. Higher benefit cost ratio (1.98 and 3.24) was observed with the application of MMF1 at 20 DAS + MMF2 at 40 DAS + FYM + RDF in greengram and blackgram, respectively and was on par with MMF2 application at 40 DAS.EnglishThesis