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Legume Research, volume 31 issue 2 (june 2008) : 79 - 86

EFFECT OF ZINC ON BLACKGRAM IN RICE- BLACKGRAM CROPPING SYSTEM OF COASTAL SALINE SOILS

M. Shanti*, B. Peda Babu, B. Rajendra Prasad, P.S. Minhas
1Saline Water Scheme, Agricultural College Farm, Bapatla-522101, India
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Cite article:- Shanti* M., Babu Peda B., Prasad Rajendra B., Minhas P.S. (2024). EFFECT OF ZINC ON BLACKGRAM IN RICE- BLACKGRAM CROPPING SYSTEM OF COASTAL SALINE SOILS. Legume Research. 31(2): 79 - 86. doi: .
A field experiment was conducted during kharif and rabi seasons of 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 on a saline soils, to study the effect of various levels, methods of application and residual effect of Zn on yield, nutrient concentration and uptake of blackgram ( Vigna mungo). Twelve treatments comprising of four ZnSO4 levels (0, 12.5, 25 and 50 kg ha-1) were distributed to the two crops of rice-blackgram in a cropping system. The maximum grain and haulm yields of blackgram were recorded with treatment that received 25 kg ZnSO4 ha-1 to blackgram. The effect of all foliar treatments applied at different stages of crop proved to be at par with each other. The performance of the treatments was in the order: soil application > foliar treatments > residual fertility. The nutrient status of soil at the end of rice-blackgram cropping sequence indicated that the available N and Zn status of soil increased and that of K to decrease when compared with the initial soil status.
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