Author (s): M. S. Hossain1, M. F. Karim2*, P. K. Biswas2, M. A. Kawochar3 and. M. S. Islam4
*Corresponding author, E-mail: pdmfkarim@yahoo.com
*Corresponding author, E-mail: pdmfkarim@yahoo.com
Abstract
The experiment was conducted at the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University farm, Dhaka to study the effect of inoculation and fertilization on the yield and yield component of mungbean during the period from March to May 2007. The variety BARI Mung-5 was used as the test crop. Urea (45 kg ha-1), triple super phosphate,TSP (80 kg ha-1) and murate of potash, MOP (55 kg ha-1) and Rhizobium inoculant (1.5 kg ha
-1) either in sole or in combination along with a control comprised the treatments. The maximum number of nodules plant-1(22.60), pods plant-1 (20.87), pod length (8.71 cm), seeds pod-1 (8.53), 1000 seeds (27.82 g), seed yield (1.40 t ha-1) and harvest index were recorded from 45, 80, 55 kg ha-1 application of urea, TSP, MoP+ Rhizobium inoculation while the minimum nodules plant-1 (13.20), pods plant-1 (12.20), pod length (4.36 cm), seeds pod-1 (5.87), 1000 seeds weight (17.79 g) and seed yield (0.59 t ha-1) were recorded from control. The highest harvest index (28.57%) was recorded from 45, 80, 55 kg ha-1 Urea TSP MoP and Rhizobium, while the lowest (18.59%) was recorded from 80 kg ha-1 TSP.
Key words: Mungbean, Rhizobium inoculation, Chemical fertilization, Yield components and Yield
J. Expt. Biosci. 2(1): January 2011
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