Productivity and quality of mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] as influenced by seed hardening and foliar spray of panchgavya

Abstract

A field experiment entitled “Productivity and Quality of Mungbean as Influenced by Seed Hardening and Foliar Spray of Panchgavya” conducted at Agronomy farm, S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner (Rajasthan) during the Kharif season, 2024 on loamy sand soil. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with three replications. The mungbean crop under the influence of seed hardening with CaCl₂ @ 2% recorded significantly higher growth parameters viz., plant height (51.26 cm), number of branches per plant (7.95), dry matter accumulation (29.99 g/plant) and seed yield (983 kg/ha).It also recorded maximum quality parameters viz., nitrogen (3.62%), protein content (22.65%), total nitrogen uptake (71.63 kg/ha), phosphorus uptake (14.13 kg/ha) and potassium uptake (47.57 kg/ha)and treatments KNO₃ @ 1%, KH₂PO₄ @ 2% and KCl @ 1% remained at par to each other but significantly higher than control. Foliar spray of panchgavya @ 5% significantly showed improved growth parameters viz., plant height (51.83 cm), number of branches per plant (8.14), dry matter accumulation (30.17 g/plant) at harvest and seed yield (984 kg/ha). Foliar spray of panchgavya @ 5% also recorded higher N,P,K content, protein content (22.77%), total nitrogen uptake (71.49 kg/ha), phosphorus uptake (14.68 kg/ha) and potassium uptake (47.49 kg/ha)over rest of the treatmentsand control.