Chandrasekharan, PElizabeth, K SyriacKAU2020-06-102020-06-101983http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810147350PGAn experiment was conducted in the rice follows of the Rice Research Station, Kayamkulam during the summer season of 1981-82 to study the influence of the method of application (Soil and foliar) of N and P on the growth, yield and quality of blackgram. The experiment was laid out in Randomised Block Design with fifteen treatments replicated thrice. The study revealed that the height of the plant at the last three stages of crop growth was significantly influenced by the combined application of N and P, partly through soil and partly through foliage. At one stage alone the number of leaves per plant and leaf area index were significantly affected by the application of N and P combination partly through soil partly through foliage.enThesis