Biofortification in lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) through improved fertilizer management in Central Zone of India

The present study was conducted under All India Coordinated Research project on MULLaRP at R.A.K. College of Agriculture, Sehore (M.P.) during rabi seasons of 2016- 17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 to investigate productivity enhancement through agronomic management of biofortification in lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus). The treatment (RDF + Soil application of ZnSO₄ 2.5 kg ha⁻¹ + SI with bfr LNm 43a) resulted in significantly higher growth attributes, such as plant height (37.46 cm), number of branches (4.38), yield attributes {viz. no. of pods (105.93) and seed index (2.60 g)} and grain yield (1562 kg ha⁻¹). During rabi season 2018-19 the results revealed that treatment of RDF + Soil application of ZnSO₄ 2.5 kg ha⁻¹ + SI with bfr LNm 43a resulted in significantly higher value of Zn and protein content uptake in seed, and Fe content uptake in seed was significantly higher when treatment with RDF + Seed treatment 2 g FeSO₄ kg⁻¹ Seed + SI with bfr LNm 43a.