Brijesh Kumar Rathi, Anuj Kumar and Sudhir Kumar
Department of Botany, J.V. College, Baraut, (Bagphat)
Abstract: A field trial was conducted during the kharif season of 2002 and 2003 at the research farm of J.V. College, Baraut, to find out the role of Rhizobium with sulphur and micronutrients viz. Zn, Mo and B on the cultivar PU-19 and PDU-
1 of blackgram. Application of Rhizobium along with S @ 60 kg/ha, Zn @ 4 kg/ha, B @ 0.6 kg/ha and Mo @ 0.1 kg/ha significantly increased the growth characteristics in both the cultivar of blackgram. Plant height, number of branches,
number of leaves and leaf area increased to a great extent by the application of Rhizobium along with sulphur and micronutrients.
Keywords: Blackgram, height, branches and leaves
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