Vol. 11, Issue 1 (2022)

Author(s):
Satya Prakash Gupta, PK Singh, Vivek, RK Naresh, M Sharath Chandra, Sandeep Kumar Verma, Anand Kumar, Durgesh Kumar Maurya and Siddhant Gupta

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at Crop Research Center, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, with a view to compare the production potential under different micronutrients application and also to find out the economic viability of this cultivar for soil quality. The treatments comprised of consistent application of Rhizobium inoculation viz., Control, RDF (20:40:20) kg ha^-1, RDF + Zn @ 5 kg ha^-1, RDF + B @ 2.5 kg ha^-1, RDF + Mo @ 1 kg ha^-1, RDF + Zn @ 5 kg ha^-1 + B @ 2.5 kg ha^-1, RDF + Zn @ 5 kg ha^-1 + Mo @ 1 kg ha^-1, RDF + B @ 2.5 kg ha^-1 + Mo @ 1 kg ha^-1 and RDF + Zn @ 5 kg ha^-1 + B @ 2.5 kg ha^-1 + Mo @ 1 kg ha^-1 were tested in RBD with three replications. SML-1827 was grown as a test variety. The results indicated that with the application of RDF + Zn @ 5 kg ha^-1 + B @ 2.5 kg ha^-1 + Mo @ 1 kg ha^-1 exhibited significant influence on yield attributes and yields of moong bean as compared to over rest of the micronutrients treatments. The maximum gross return was obtained in T₉ (RDF + Zn @ 5 kg ha^-1 + B @ 2.5 kg ha^-1 + Mo @ 1 kg ha^-1) followed by T₇ (RDF + Zn @ 5 kg ha^-1 + Mo @ 1 kg ha^-1)_. The highest net return was obtained in T₉ (RDF + Zn @ 5 kg ha^-1 + B @ 2.5 kg ha^-1 + Mo @ 1 kg ha^-1) followed by T₇ (RDF + Zn @ 5 kg ha^-1 + Mo @ 1 kg ha^-1), while minimum gross return and net return was obtained in T₁ (control plot). Higher values of B: C ratio (2.35) was obtained in T₉ (RDF + Zn @ 5 kg ha^-1 + B @ 2.5 kg ha^-1 + Mo @ 1 kg ha^-1). Thus the application of RDF + Zn @ 5 kg ha^-1 + B @ 2.5 kg ha^-1 + Mo @ 1 kg ha^-1 was found better for sustainability of moong bean.