INFLUENCE OF MULTIPLE APPLICATION OF MICROBIAL INOCULANTS ON YIELD ATTRIBUTING CHARACTERS, GRAIN YIELD AND PROTEIN CONTENT OF BLACKGRAM

摘要

A field experiment was conducted at College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderbad during rabi, 2012, to study the influence of multiple application of microbial inoculants (Rhizobium + PSB) with FYM at different crop growth stages on blackgram (Vigna mungo L.) on yield attributing characters, grain yield and protein content with variety LBG-649. Treatments comprised of microbial inoculants (Rhizobium + PSB) with three different methods of application (uninoculated, soil application, seed treatment) at different stages of crop in randomized block design with 9 treatment combinations, each replicated thrice. The results of the study revealed that multiple application, i.e seed treatment + soil application + soil application of inoculants with FYM at 25 DAS recorded higher yield attributing characters like number of seeds per pod, 100 seed weight, and yield compared to other treatment combinations. This treatment combination was found superior over to all other treatments in respect to protein content.