EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF NUTRIENTS ON GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF BLACKGRAM (VIGNA MUNGO L. HEPPER)

B.K. PATEL¹, R.A. PATEL²*
¹Subject Matter Specialist (Crop Production), ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mehsana, 384001, Ganpat University, Mehsana, 384012, Gujarat, India
²Senior Scientist and Head, ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mehsana, 384001, Ganpat University, Mehsana, 384012, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : rapatel_2003@rediffmail.com

Received : 03-05-2020     Accepted : 13-05-2020     Published : 15-05-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 9       Pages : 9847 - 9848
Int J Agr Sci 12.9 (2020):9847-9848

Keywords : Foliar spray, Blackgram, Vigna mungo, Pulses, Economics, Yield
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are very grateful to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi for providing financial assistance for conducting on farm trial on blackgram and thankful to host institution for providing facilities. Authors are thankful to ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mehsana, 384001, Ganpat University, Mehsana, 384012, Gujarat, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

An experiment was conducted to study the effect of foliar application of nutrients on growth, development and production of blackgram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) under rainfed condition during 2016-2019 at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mehsana, Gujarat. The experiment was laid out with ten replications having two treatments namely T1 [N : P : K – 10 : 20 : 00 Kg/ha + PSB and Rhizobium culture seed treatment] , T2 [T1 + Two spray of 2% DAP at appearance of flowering and 15 days after first spray].Yield attributes viz., number of seeds per pod and 100 seed test weight were positively increased by foliar spray of 2% DAP at appearance of flowering and 15 days after first spray with RDF recorded the higher growth characters. The same treatment had higher grain yield of 697 kg/ ha. Based on the results of the above study, it is concluded that foliar spray of 2% DAP at appearance of flowering and 15 days after first spray with RDF was recommended to get profitably higher yield besides improving the quality of blackgram with a BC ratio of 1.83.

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