Effect of Biofertilizers (PSB, Azatobactor and Their Combination) on Plant Survival of Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Variety Radiatus (Mung/Green Gram)

摘要

Mung bean is an important pulse crop known for its nutritional and medicinal uses. As the seeds of this plant contain 40-50% of protein, which is highly digestible. Also the roots of this plant are thought to be narcotic, used to relieve bone pain, seeds, raw or boiled used in poultices, the green gram feeding decreases the cholesterol level in blood. So the present problem is that its cultivation is still lower due to lack of sustainable technology and unavailability of nutrients in the soil. It is a need of hour to increase the yield production of this pulse crop, if its nutritional and medicinal values are taken into consideration. Besides these values it also improves the soil fertility with the help of soil bacterium, Rhizobium that lives in the root nodules of this plant. The present study was done to assess the beneficial effects of biofertilizers like PSB and Azatobactor to overcome the problem. Besides, these biofertilizers increase the crop yield, survival percentage. They also live ecofriendly and are pollution free. These biofertilizers increase the soil fertility and mobilize the availability of nutrients in the soil by their biological activity.