Sk. Shukla et Rs. Dixit, EFFECT OF RHIZOBIUM INOCULATION, PLANT-POPULATION AND PHOSPHORUS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF SUMMER GREENGRAM (PHASEOLUS-RADIATUS), Indian Journal of Agronomy, 41(4), 1996, pp. 611-615
A field experiment was carried out during 1989 and 1990 to study the:
response of summer greengram (Phaseolus radiatus L.) to Rhizobium inoc
ulation, plant population and phosphorus levels. Rhizobium inoculation
increased the dry-matter accumulation, number of nodules:plant, nodul
e weight/ plant, nutrient uptake and yield attributes. Plant populatio
n at 30 cm row spacing increased the grain yield (18.5%) and found sup
erior to 40 and 20 nn spacings, Phosphorus @ 40 kg P2O5/ha increased t
he grain yield by 17.2% over the control. interactions among inoculati
on and phosphorus, row spacing and phosphorus and inoculation and row
Spacing were also found significant for yield attributes, grain yield
and nutrient uptake respectively.