Indian Journal of Plant Physiology

  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 2

Effects of pre-treatment and foliar application of zinc on growth and yield components of mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) under induced salinity

  • Author:
  • Sunil Kumar Pandey1,, R.N. Bahuguna2, Madan Pal2, A.K. Trivedi1, A. Hemantaranjan1, J.P. Srivastava1
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 164 to 167

1Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Agricultural Scineces, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-211 005.

2Division of Plant Physiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012.

*Corresponding author, E-mail: sunilbhu123@gmail.com.

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Abstract

Mungbean (Vigna radita L.) is an excellent source of high quality proteins. In sprouted mungbean, high level of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), riboflavin and thiamine is found. But the production of mungbean is threatened by salinity. In the present study observations were made for two consecutive years regarding growth parameters and yield attributes of mungbean under induced salinity condition. Results from the present study revealed that under salinity condition growth and yield attributes were adversely affected while application of zinc as zinc sulphate minimized the adverse effect under salinity.

Keywords

Mungbean, salinity, yield, zinc