Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science

SCOPUS
  • Year: 1998
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue: 2

Response of Black Gram (Plzaseolus mungo) to Sulphur on Acid Alfisol of Bihar Plateau

  • Author:
  • Surendra Singh, K.P. Singh, S.K. Singh, Gautam Kumar
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 257 to 260

Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi, Bihar, 834006.

Abstract

In a field experiment on acid Alfisol, sulphur either as phosphogypsum or pyrites improved yield of blar.k gram in kharif seasons, 1994 and 1995. The uptake of sulphur and yield of protein also increased by sulphur through two sources.

Keywords

Black gram, phosphogypsum, pyrites, sulphur uptake, protein content, acid Alfisol