International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 4
First page : (1599) Last page : (1605)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5629
Effect of Sulphur Levels and Poultry Manure on Crop Performance of Soybean (Glycine max L.)
G. Venugopal1*, S.H.K. Sharma1, Abdul Aziz Qureshi2, G.E.Ch. Vidya Sagar3 and
M.H.V. Bhave4
1Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, College of Cgriculture, PJTSAU,
Rajendranagar, Hyd-500030, Telangana, India
2ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Rajendranagar, Hyd-500030, Telangana, India
3Deparment of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, PJTSAU, Rajendranagar Hyd-500030, Telangana, India
4Deparment of Statistics and Mathematics, College of Agriculture, PJTSAU, Rajendranagar Hyd-500030, Telangana, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: venugopalguttikonda@gmail.com
Received: 13.07.2017 | Revised: 25.07.2017 | Accepted: 27.07.2017
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted at the College Farm, College of Agriculture Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana. The experiment was laid out in factorial combination of Sulphur and poultry manure following randomized complet block design, each plot measuring 7.5 m x 6 m and three replications. JSS 335 a high yielding variety of soybean was used as the test crop in this experiment. The soil was red sandy loam in texture and slightly alkaline (pH 7.51) in reaction, non-saline in nature (EC 0.29 dS m-1) and medium in organic carbon content (2.5 g kg-1). The experiment consisted of 2 factors viz. 4 levels of sulphur 0, 20, 40 and 60kg ha-1 through elemental sulphur with and without poultry manure (0 and 2.5 t ha-1). Even though the highest grain yield 1489 was recorded with application of 60 kg S ha-1 along with poultry manure but this was statistically on par with 40 kg S ha-1. The S content in soybean seeds ranged from 0.31% in control to 0.40% in 60 kg S ha-1. The highest total sulphur uptake was 11.46 kg ha-1 in 60 kg S ha-1 followed by 10.41 kg ha-1 in 40 kg ha-1a. The highest Protein and oil content was 35.1 and 23.5 with application of 60 kg S ha-1. The average available sulphur content in soil was at flowering stage (16.2 mg kg-1) when compared to the vegetative (15.1 mg kg-1) and harvesting (14.3 mg kg-1).
Key words: Soybean, Sulphur, Poultry manure, Agriculture.
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Cite this article: Venugopal, G., Sharma, S.H.K., Qureshi, A.A., Vidya Sagar, G.E.Ch. and Bhave, M.H.V., Effect of Sulphur Levels and Poultry Manure on Crop Performance of Soybean (Glycine max L.), Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(4): 1599-1605 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5629
