Abstract
The production and productivity of blackgram (Vigna mungo) are very poor and one of the important reasons is that it is cultivated on marginal lands having low soil fertility and under rainfed conditions without assured irrigation. The present study was aimed to evaluate the different growing media in soil types having varying soil texture and its impact on the growth and yield of blackgram. A pot culture experiment was conducted in split plot design with four texture of soils (S1: Loamy, S2: Clay, S3: Sand and S4: Pure sand) as the main plots and five growing media (G1: Cocopeat, G2: Vermiculite, G3: Vermicompost, G4: Sawdust, G5: Hydrogel and G6: Control) as the subplots. The results of the experiment revealed that growing of blackgram in sandy soil texture with application of cocopeat recorded significant improvement in growth parameters viz., plant height, root length, leaf area index (LAI), nos. of root nodules plant−1. The same treatment resulted in significantly higher yield attributes such as number of pods plant−1 (49.3), grain yield (1126 kg ha−1), water use efficiency, water productivity and benefit cost ratio over other texture of soils with growing media and control. These results confirmed that suitable moisture conservation practice for sandy soils in rainfed areas coupled with suitable growing media ensures higher blackgram productivity per unit of water used.
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Claim · model-written summary
Cocopeat in sandy soil significantly improved plant height, root length and leaf area index.
- Taxon
- blackgram
Vigna mungoe0 - Treatment
- sandy soil texture with application of cocopeate0
- Outcome
- plant height, root length, leaf area index (LAI)e0
- Direction
- improvemente0
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Verbatim
e0“growing of blackgram in sandy soil texture with application of cocopeat recorded significant improvement in growth parameters viz., plant height, root length, leaf area index (LAI), nos. of root nodules plant−1”
Claim · model-written summary
Cocopeat in sandy soil significantly improved root nodule number.
- Taxon
- blackgramVigna mungoe0
- Treatment
- sandy soil texture with application of cocopeate0
- Outcome
- nos. of root nodules plant−1e0
- Direction
- improvemente0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“growing of blackgram in sandy soil texture with application of cocopeat recorded significant improvement in growth parameters viz., plant height, root length, leaf area index (LAI), nos. of root nodules plant−1”
Claim · model-written summary
The sandy soil and cocopeat treatment gave significantly higher number of pods plant−1.
- Taxon
- blackgramVigna mungot0
- Treatment
- same treatmente0
- Outcome
- number of pods plant−1e0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 49.3e0
- Comparator
- other texture of soils with growing media and controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The same treatment resulted in significantly higher yield attributes such as number of pods plant−1 (49.3), grain yield (1126 kg ha−1), water use efficiency, water productivity and benefit cost ratio over other texture of soils with growing media and control.”
t0“Blackgram”
Claim · model-written summary
The sandy soil and cocopeat treatment gave significantly higher grain yield.
- Taxon
- blackgramVigna mungot0
- Treatment
- same treatmente0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 1126 kg ha−1e0
- Comparator
- other texture of soils with growing media and controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The same treatment resulted in significantly higher yield attributes such as number of pods plant−1 (49.3), grain yield (1126 kg ha−1), water use efficiency, water productivity and benefit cost ratio over other texture of soils with growing media and control.”
t0“Blackgram”
Claim · model-written summary
The sandy soil and cocopeat treatment significantly increased water use efficiency, water productivity and benefit cost ratio over other treatments and control.
- Taxon
- BlackgramVigna mungot0
- Treatment
- same treatmente0
- Outcome
- water use efficiency, water productivity and benefit cost ratioe0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- other texture of soils with growing media and controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The same treatment resulted in significantly higher yield attributes such as number of pods plant−1 (49.3), grain yield (1126 kg ha−1), water use efficiency, water productivity and benefit cost ratio over other texture of soils with growing media and control.”
t0“Blackgram”
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