Abstract:Micronutrients help in chlorophyll formation, nucleic acid, protein synthesis and play an active role in several enzymatic activities of photosynthesis as well as respiration and influences rice and black gram yields. This study aims to examine the integrated effect of bio char, crop residues and humic acid on plant micronutrient contents in direct seeded rice- black gram cropping sequence.
The experiment was laid out in split – split plot design with main, sub and sub-sub plots with direct seeded rice–black gram cropping sequence. The main plot comprised of two levels of fertilizers viz., F1- 100% RDF andF2- 75% RDF, the sub plot comprised of two doses of pigeon pea bio char viz., B1 – Bio char @ 5 t ha-1, B2 – Bio char @ 7.5 t ha-1, B3 - Paddy straw @ 5 t ha-1 and B4- Green leaf manure @ 6 t ha-1 and the sub-sub plot comprised of two levels of humic acid viz., S1 - Humic acid @ 20 kg ha-1 and S2- Humic acid @ 30 kg ha-1 and replicated thrice.
The results of this study showed that, significantly higher iron, Zinc and copper content in plant was recorded with the residual effect of B4- Green leaf manure @ 6 t ha-1 at all the growth stages of rabi black gram, whereas, significantly higher manganese content was recorded with residual effect of B4- Green leaf manure @ 6 t ha-1 and S2 - Humic acid @ 30 kg ha-1 in rabi black gram during two years of study.