Author(s):

Patel BN, Patel KH, Narendra Singh and Alok Shrivastava

Abstract: A field experiment was conducted during 2018 to study the effect of phosphorus, FYM and bio-fertilizer on yield and quality of greengram. There were twelve treatments comprising of three phosphorus levels [Control (P₀), 20 kg P₂O₅ ha^-1 (P₁) and 40 kg P₂O₅ ha^-1 (P₂)] combined with two FYM levels [control (F₀) and 5 t FYM ha^-1(F₁)] along with two levels of bio-fertilizer [control (B₀) and PSB inoculation (B₁)]. Phosphorus applied in the form of SSP and PSB as seed inoculation. The experiment was laid out in factorial RBD with three replications. The recommended dose of N was applied uniformly to all the treatments. Seed yield and stover yield of greengram was significantly increased by the phosphorus, FYM and bio-fertilizer treatments. The increased in seed yield due to P₂ and P₁ over P₀ (797.6 kg ha^-1) was 18.98 and 10.97 per cent, respectively. The treatment F₁ increased the seed yield by 14.55 per cent and B₁ increased 12.65 per cent, over their respective control F₀ (817.7 kg ha^-1) and B₀ (825.0 kg ha^-1).Similar trend in stover yield was noted by phosphorus, FYM and bio-fertilizer treatments. The interaction of P x F x B effect was significant on seed and stover yield indicate that nutrient use efficiency of P was higher when phosphorus was applied along with organic FYM @ 5 t ha^-1 and PSB inoculation to the seed. Nutrient content (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu) was studied in both seed and stover. N in seed and stover was influenced by all three treatments. Phosphorus was significantly influenced in seed and stover by only phosphorus application.

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