Abstract
The research was conducted at the net house, Department of Soil Science, Patuakhali Science and Technology University during February to April 2025 to evaluate the effects of potassium fertilization on the growth, yield, and drought tolerance of mungbean (Vigna radiata L., var. BINA Mung-5). A pot experiment was laid out in a Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with seven potassium levels (0, 1.5, 3.0, 4.5, 6.0, 7.5, and 9.0 g K per 10 kg soil) with three replications. The study assessed a range of agronomic characters including plant height, number of branches per plant, number of leaves per plant, number of flowers per plant, root and shoot biomass, number of pods and seeds per pod, pod length, thousand seed weight, and seed yield under controlled moisture conditions. Results revealed that moderate levels of potassium significantly improved growth and reproductive parameters compared to the control. Specifically, treatments with 7.5 and 6.0 g K per 10 kg soil exhibited superior performance in shoot and root biomass, pod number, seed set, and seed weight. Conversely, both potassium deficiency and excessive potassium resulted in reduced growth and yield attributes. The results highlight the critical role of potassium in improving water stress resilience, vegetative vigor, and reproductive success in mungbean. This study highlights the importance of balanced potassium nutrition as a low-cost agronomic strategy to enhance mungbean productivity, especially in drought-prone and salt-affected coastal areas of Bangladesh.
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Claim · model-written summary
Moderate potassium significantly improved growth and reproductive parameters over the control.
- Taxon
- mungbean
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Vigna radiatae1 - Material
- BINA Mung-5e1
- Treatment
- moderate levels of potassiume0
- Outcome
- growth and reproductive parameterse0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- the controle0
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Verbatim
e0“moderate levels of potassium significantly improved growth and reproductive parameters compared to the control”
e1“mungbean (Vigna radiata L., var. BINA Mung-5)”
Claim · model-written summary
At 7.5 g K per 10 kg soil, shoot and root biomass and pod and seed traits performed better.
- Taxon
- mungbeanVigna radiatae1
- Treatment
- 7.5e0
- Outcome
- shoot and root biomass, pod number, seed set, and seed weighte0
- Direction
- superiore0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“treatments with 7.5 and 6.0 g K per 10 kg soil exhibited superior performance in shoot and root biomass, pod number, seed set, and seed weight”
e1“mungbean (Vigna radiata L., var. BINA Mung-5)”
Claim · model-written summary
At 6.0 g K per 10 kg soil, shoot and root biomass and pod and seed traits performed better.
- Taxon
- mungbeanVigna radiatae1
- Treatment
- 6.0 g K per 10 kg soile0
- Outcome
- shoot and root biomass, pod number, seed set, and seed weighte0
- Direction
- superiore0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“treatments with 7.5 and 6.0 g K per 10 kg soil exhibited superior performance in shoot and root biomass, pod number, seed set, and seed weight”
e1“mungbean (Vigna radiata L., var. BINA Mung-5)”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium deficiency reduced growth and yield attributes.
- Taxon
- mungbeanVigna radiatae1
- Treatment
- potassium deficiencye0
- Outcome
- growth and yield attributese0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“both potassium deficiency and excessive potassium resulted in reduced growth and yield attributes”
e1“mungbean (Vigna radiata L., var. BINA Mung-5)”
Claim · model-written summary
Excessive potassium reduced growth and yield attributes.
- Taxon
- mungbeanVigna radiatae1
- Treatment
- excessive potassiume0
- Outcome
- growth and yield attributese0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“both potassium deficiency and excessive potassium resulted in reduced growth and yield attributes”
e1“mungbean (Vigna radiata L., var. BINA Mung-5)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend balanced potassium nutrition to improve mungbean productivity in drought-prone and salt-affected coastal Bangladesh.
- Taxon
- mungbeanVigna radiatae0
- Outcome
- balanced potassium nutrition as a low-cost agronomic strategy to enhance mungbean productivitye0
- Setting
- Bangladeshe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“balanced potassium nutrition as a low-cost agronomic strategy to enhance mungbean productivity, especially in drought-prone and salt-affected coastal areas of Bangladesh”
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