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sufficient amount. During the first year, FYM, VC, FYM + CR, VC + CR,
and FYM + CR + B had no significant effect on the number of grains per
pod, whereas VC + CR + B significantly increased the number of grains
per pod. During the second year, the results were similar to those observed
in the first year except that VC + CR, FYM + CR + B also significantly
increased the number of grains per pod over the control. Similar results
were reported by Srinivas and Shaik (2002). During both years, FYM and
VC applied to rice and wheat did not affect the test weight of mung bean,
whereas all other combinations of organic manures and biofertilizers sig-
nificantly increased the test weight of mung bean over the control. Effects
of different combinations of organic manures and biofertilizers applied to
rice, wheat, and mung bean on the grain yield of mung bean were greater
in the second year as compared to the first year. Residual effect of organ-
ics was also noticed by Reddy and Reddy (2005) wherein the plant height,
number of leaves, leaf area, yield attributes, and root yield in radish were
significantly affected due to the residual effect of vermicompost in onion-
radish cropping system.
TABLE 2:
Effect of treatments on the yield attributes of mung bean
Number of pods per plant
Number of grains per pod
Test weight (g)
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
Organic materials and biofertilizers
Control
10.3
10.8
6.8
6.9
39.5
39.8
FYM
11.6
12.3
7.3
7.5
42.5
42.7
VC
12.9
13.7
7.4
7.7
43.1
43.3
FYM + CR
12.8
14.8
7.7
7.8
44.6
45.0
VC + CR
14.3
15.7
7.8
7.9
44.9
45.4
FYM + CR + B
13.6
16.0
7.8
7.9
45.3
45.4
VC + CR + B
15.1
16.8
8.0
8.1
45.6
46.1
SEM±
0.76
0.93
0.33
0.31
1.53
1.68
LSD (p = 0.05)
2.34
2.82
1.02
0.96
4.71
5.18
SEM±, standard error of the mean; LSD, least significant difference.
