Effect of Iron-pyrites and Rhizobium inoculation on number of nodules, nitrogen and protein content in black gram under sodicity stress condition

International Journal of Applied Chemistry

© 2018 by SSRG - IJAC Journal

Volume 5 Issue 1

Year of Publication : 2018

Authors : Raj Rupali Singh

10.14445/23939133/IJAC-V5I1P101

How to Cite?

Raj Rupali Singh, "Effect of Iron-pyrites and Rhizobium inoculation on number of nodules, nitrogen and protein content in black gram under sodicity stress condition," SSRG International Journal of Applied Chemistry, vol. 5,  no. 1, pp. 1-3, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939133/IJAC-V5I1P101

Abstract:

The experiment revealed that Rhizobium inoculation of seeds and application of iron pyrites @ 50 g pot-1 increased the number of root nodules upto 33.33% over the control conditions even when irrigated with RSC water of 2.5 meL-1. With the same combinations the protein content increased upto 2.3% and nitrogen content increased to 2.4% over the control. On the contrary, these values decreased significantly over control when at the same treatment when irrigated with RSC water of 7.5meL-1, the number of nodules decreased upto 11.13% showing that the process of nodulation is dependent on the soil pH. The protein and nitrogen contents decreased upto 1.88% in the uninoculated treatment that was irrigated with 5 meL-1 and 50 g pyrites pot-1.

Keywords:

Nodules, pyrites, RSC, nitrogen, protein.

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