Follow
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences (IJCMAS)
IJCMAS is now DOI (CrossRef) registered Research Journal. The DOIs are assigned to all published IJCMAS Articles.
Index Copernicus ICI Journals Master List 2022 - IJCMAS--ICV 2022: 95.28 For more details click here
National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) : NAAS Score: *5.38 (2020) [Effective from January 1, 2020] For more details click here

Login as a Reviewer


See Guidelines to Authors
Current Issues
Download Publication Certificate

Original Research Articles                      Volume : 9, Issue:8, August, 2020

PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706
Issues : 12 per year
Publisher : Excellent Publishers
Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com /
submit@ijcmas.com
Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash
Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39
NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2020.9(8): 2653-2662
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.908.303


Effect of Chemical Fertilizer, Organic Manure and Biofertilizer on Nodulation, Yield and Economics of Lentil (Lens culinaris L. Medik.)
Emmanuel Sonkarlay, Edwin Luikham* and Herojit Singh Athokpam
College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

A field experiment was conducted during the rabi season of 2019-2020 to study the “Influence of Integrated Phosphorus Management on the Growth, Yield and Quality of Lentil (Lens culinaris L. Medik.)”. The soil of the experimental field was clay in texture with pH of 5.54 and organic carbon content of 0.8%. The minimum and maximum temperatures recorded during the period under review were 10.3 and 24.5oC with a total rainfall of 246.4 mm and average sunshine of 8.6 hours respectively. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. There were nine treatments which consisted of different sole and combined application of phosphorus, organic manure and Biophos. It was observed that application of 75% RDP + FYM @ 5 t/ha + Biophos @ 20 ml/kg seed (T4) proved significantly superior to all the treatments in terms of all parameters viz nodule number (61.0), fresh and dry weight of nodule (36.0 and 26.0 mg), number of pods per plant (164.30), number of seeds per pod (2.57), seed and stover yield (15.50 and 19.03 q/ha). The highest gross income (Rs. 118500 /ha) and net return (Rs. 82510 /ha) were also associated with the treatment T4. However, T4 and T1 exhibited similar B:C ratio of 3.29. The treatment T4 showed significant enhancement of post-harvest soil nutrient status.


Keywords: Lentil, Phosphorus, Organic manure, Biofertilizer, Yield, Economics

Download this article as Download

How to cite this article:

Emmanuel Sonkarlay, Edwin Luikham and Herojit Singh Athokpam. 2020. Effect of Chemical Fertilizer, Organic Manure and Biofertilizer on Nodulation, Yield and Economics of Lentil (Lens culinaris L. Medik.).Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 9(8): 2653-2662. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.908.303
Copyright: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.

Citations