Vol. 12, Special Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Sujeet Gautam, Dr. Pawan Sirothia, Dr. US Mishra and Shikha Rao

Abstract:
A field study was conducted in the agriculture research farm, faculty of agriculture, Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitakoot Satna (M.P.), to determine the effect of bio-fertilizers (rhizobium and PSB) along with inorganic fertilizers on growth attributes on “PDU-139” variety of Green gram (Vigna radiata). Experiment was performed during the kharif season of session 2021-22. The experiment was comprised of thirteen treatments in three replications including bio-fertilizers and treatments with sole application of inorganic fertilizers. The experiment was laid out in the randomized block design (RBD) and the data was analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). There were a total of five growth parameters taken under consideration for the purpose of study namely plant height, number of branches per plant, number of leaves per plant, number of nodules per plant and root length. The results indicated that treatment with 50% RDF + Rhizobium (T₁₁) recorded the maximum plant height that is 44.27 cm, number of branches per plant (15.00), and number of leaves per plant (39) was also recorded to be the highest in T₁₁ treatment. On the other hand root nodules and root length was observed to be highest in treatment T₁₂ which was 100% RDF + rhizobium + PSB which was 29.70 and 16.27 respectively. Hence the treatment T₁₁ and T₁₂ proved to be the best treatments for various growth attributes of Green gram crop.