EFFECT OF MOLYBDENUM AND MICROBIAL INOCULANTS ON YIELD, NUTRIENT CONTENTS, UPTAKE AND QUALITY OF SOYBEAN GROWN IN A VERTISOL

ARPIT SURYAWANSHI¹*, G.S. TAGORE², P.S. KULHARE³, G.D. SHARMA^4
1Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, JNKVV, Jabalpur, M.P. India
²Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, JNKVV, Jabalpur, M.P. India
³Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, JNKVV, Jabalpur, M.P. India
⁴Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, JNKVV, Jabalpur, M.P. India
* Corresponding Author : arpitsurya226@gmail.com

Received : 16-02-2016     Accepted : 02-03-2016     Published : 28-03-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 10       Pages : 1126 - 1129
Int J Agr Sci 8.10 (2016):1126-1129

Keywords : Molybdenum, Microbial inoculants, Rhizobium, Nutrient uptake, soybean
Academic Editor : Anil Kurmi, Rohit Pandey, Avinash Jha
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The authors the manuscript are highly thankful to AICRP on MSN (ICAR) for providing facility to carried out the research on this aspect and lab facility during course of investigation.
Author Contribution : None declared

A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of molybdenum and microbial inoculants on yield, nutrient contents, uptake and quality of soybean during the Kharif season of the year 2013 at research farm of JNKVV, Jabalpur. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with four replications and nine treatments viz., T1 (control), T2 (Rhizobium), T3 (PSB), T4 (Rhizobium+PSB), T5 (0.5 kg Ammonium molybdate ha-1), T6 (T5 + Rhizobium), T7 (T5 + PSB), T8 (T6 + PSB) and T9 (1.0 g Ammonium molybdate kg-1 seed as seed treatment). The result revealed that the application of Mo with Rh+PSB gave the highest grain (1.85 t ha-1) and stover yield (3.52 t ha-1) and protein content (39.05%) in seed over control. Significant increase of N and P content in grain and stover and its uptake by soybean as well as protein content registered best with the application of Mo with Rh+PSB. This treatment also brought about substantial improvement in available nutrients (N, P, K and Mo) in soil.