Paper · 2025 · Phosphorus, sulfur, and silicon and the related elements

Performance of silixol on crop productivity and soil health enhancement in black gram ( Vigna mungo L.) for sustainable agriculture

P. Murali Arthanari; M. Sakila; K. G. Anitha; et al.

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Abstract

The decline in black gram yield was primarily linked to rainfed crops, poor nutrient management, inadequate assimilate partitioning, flower dropping, poor pod setting, and physiological issues. Fertilizers with foliar spray at the reproductive stage in pulse could aid it by directly delivering the nutrients to the site of food synthesis, resulting in a faster food supply and improved crop performance. The trials were conducted to assess the efficacy of silixol on black gram growth and yield as well as soil health. Treatments including 50% RDF combined with vermicompost (VC), silixol granules soil application (SA), and silixol foliar spray (FS) are examined in the RCBD with three replications. Results revealed that 50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DAS showed significant improvement in plant height (67.5 cm), DMP (1959 kg/ha), LAI (2.24), chlorophyll content (94.95 SPAD value) on 60 DAS, root nodules (667 Nos/plant) and grain yield (849 kg/ha) with 61% increase over RDF alone. Similarly, an increase in the soil microbial biomass carbon, dehydrogenase activity, and microbial population by 16.0%, 59.6% and 31.8%, respectively were by applying silixol granules with foliar spray in combination with integrated fertilization over control.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

The 50% RDF with vermicompost and silixol treatment significantly improved black gram plant height to 67.5 cm.

Taxon
black gramVigna mungot0
Treatment
50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DASe1
Outcome
plant heighte1
Direction
significant improvemente1
Value
67.5 cme1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“black gram ( Vigna mungo L.)”

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“50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DAS showed significant improvement in plant height (67.5 cm), DMP (1959 kg/ha), LAI (2.24), chlorophyll content (94.95 SPAD value) on 60 DAS, root nodules (667 Nos/plant) and grain yield (849 kg/ha) with 61% increase over RDF alone”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

The same treatment significantly improved dry matter production to 1959 kg/ha in black gram.

Taxon
black gramVigna mungot0
Treatment
50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DASe1
Outcome
DMPe1
Direction
significant improvemente1
Value
1959 kg/hae1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“black gram ( Vigna mungo L.)”

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e1

“50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DAS showed significant improvement in plant height (67.5 cm), DMP (1959 kg/ha), LAI (2.24), chlorophyll content (94.95 SPAD value) on 60 DAS, root nodules (667 Nos/plant) and grain yield (849 kg/ha) with 61% increase over RDF alone”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

The same treatment significantly improved leaf area index to 2.24 in black gram.

Taxon
black gramVigna mungot0
Treatment
50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DASe1
Outcome
LAIe1
Direction
significant improvemente1
Value
2.24e1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“black gram ( Vigna mungo L.)”

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e1

“50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DAS showed significant improvement in plant height (67.5 cm), DMP (1959 kg/ha), LAI (2.24), chlorophyll content (94.95 SPAD value) on 60 DAS, root nodules (667 Nos/plant) and grain yield (849 kg/ha) with 61% increase over RDF alone”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

The same treatment significantly improved chlorophyll content to 94.95 SPAD value at 60 DAS in black gram.

Taxon
black gramVigna mungot0
Treatment
50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DASe1
Outcome
chlorophyll contente1
Direction
significant improvemente1
Value
94.95 SPAD valuee1
Qualifier
on 60 DASe1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“black gram ( Vigna mungo L.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 75–103 · show in text ↑
e1

“50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DAS showed significant improvement in plant height (67.5 cm), DMP (1959 kg/ha), LAI (2.24), chlorophyll content (94.95 SPAD value) on 60 DAS, root nodules (667 Nos/plant) and grain yield (849 kg/ha) with 61% increase over RDF alone”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

The same treatment significantly increased root nodules to 667 per plant in black gram.

Taxon
black gramVigna mungot0
Treatment
50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DASe1
Outcome
root nodulese1
Direction
significant improvemente1
Value
667 Nos/plante1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“black gram ( Vigna mungo L.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 75–103 · show in text ↑
e1

“50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DAS showed significant improvement in plant height (67.5 cm), DMP (1959 kg/ha), LAI (2.24), chlorophyll content (94.95 SPAD value) on 60 DAS, root nodules (667 Nos/plant) and grain yield (849 kg/ha) with 61% increase over RDF alone”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 724–1043 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

The same treatment significantly improved grain yield to 849 kg/ha in black gram.

Taxon
black gramVigna mungot0
Treatment
50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DASe1
Outcome
grain yielde1
Direction
significant improvemente1
Value
849 kg/hae1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“black gram ( Vigna mungo L.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 75–103 · show in text ↑
e1

“50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DAS showed significant improvement in plant height (67.5 cm), DMP (1959 kg/ha), LAI (2.24), chlorophyll content (94.95 SPAD value) on 60 DAS, root nodules (667 Nos/plant) and grain yield (849 kg/ha) with 61% increase over RDF alone”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 724–1043 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

The same treatment increased grain yield by 61% over RDF alone in black gram.

Taxon
black gramVigna mungot0
Treatment
50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DASe1
Outcome
grain yielde1
Direction
increasee1
Value
61%e1
Comparator
RDF alonee1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“black gram ( Vigna mungo L.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 75–103 · show in text ↑
e1

“50% RDF + VC at 2.5 t/ha + silixol granules (SA) at 20 kg/ha + silixol (FS) at 1% on 40 DAS showed significant improvement in plant height (67.5 cm), DMP (1959 kg/ha), LAI (2.24), chlorophyll content (94.95 SPAD value) on 60 DAS, root nodules (667 Nos/plant) and grain yield (849 kg/ha) with 61% increase over RDF alone”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 724–1043 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Silixol granules with foliar spray and integrated fertilization increased soil microbial biomass carbon by 16.0% over control.

Taxon
black gramVigna mungot0
Treatment
applying silixol granules with foliar spray in combination with integrated fertilizatione2
Outcome
soil microbial biomass carbone2
Direction
increasee2
Value
16.0%e2
Comparator
controle2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“black gram ( Vigna mungo L.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 75–103 · show in text ↑
e2

“an increase in the soil microbial biomass carbon, dehydrogenase activity, and microbial population by 16.0%, 59.6% and 31.8%, respectively were by applying silixol granules with foliar spray in combination with integrated fertilization over control”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1056–1304 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Silixol granules with foliar spray and integrated fertilization increased dehydrogenase activity by 59.6% over control.

Taxon
black gramVigna mungot0
Treatment
applying silixol granules with foliar spray in combination with integrated fertilizatione2
Outcome
dehydrogenase activitye2
Direction
increasee2
Value
59.6%e2
Comparator
controle2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“black gram ( Vigna mungo L.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 75–103 · show in text ↑
e2

“an increase in the soil microbial biomass carbon, dehydrogenase activity, and microbial population by 16.0%, 59.6% and 31.8%, respectively were by applying silixol granules with foliar spray in combination with integrated fertilization over control”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1056–1304 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Silixol granules with foliar spray and integrated fertilization increased microbial population by 31.8% over control.

Taxon
black gramVigna mungot0
Treatment
applying silixol granules with foliar spray in combination with integrated fertilizatione2
Outcome
microbial populatione2
Direction
increasee2
Value
31.8%e2
Comparator
controle2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo · TaxonSanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“black gram ( Vigna mungo L.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 75–103 · show in text ↑
e2

“an increase in the soil microbial biomass carbon, dehydrogenase activity, and microbial population by 16.0%, 59.6% and 31.8%, respectively were by applying silixol granules with foliar spray in combination with integrated fertilization over control”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1056–1304 · show in text ↑

salicylic acid · growth · Vigna mungo (black gram)Positive and negative results

7 papers: 6 positive, 1 negative or no effect

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salicylic acid · symbiosis · Vigna mungo (black gram)Results agree

2 papers: 2 positive, 0 negative or no effect

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salicylic acid · physiology: pigments · Vigna mungo (black gram)Results agree

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salicylic acid · yield · Vigna mungo (black gram)Results agree

9 papers: 9 positive, 0 negative or no effect

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application · soil: biology · Vigna mungo (black gram)Positive and negative results

4 papers: 3 positive, 1 negative or no effect

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  1. negative
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application · growth · Vigna mungo (black gram)Positive and negative results

56 papers: 54 positive, 2 negative or no effect

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fertilization · growth · Vigna mungo (black gram)Positive and negative results

89 papers: 87 positive, 2 negative or no effect

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  1. no effect
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fertilization · yield · Vigna mungo (black gram)Positive and negative results

199 papers: 197 positive, 2 negative or no effect

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  1. positive
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