Effects of inoculation and phosphate fertilizer on lentil under rainfed conditions in upland Baluchistan [Lens culinaris].
1988
Ali A. | Khan B.R. | Keatinge J.D.H.
The experiment was conducted at Quetta in the 1985-87 seasons and at Khuzdar only in the 1986/87 season to study the effects of phosphate fertilizer and rhizobium inoculum on lentil (Lens culinaris) under arid rainfed conditions. A large response to inoculation was observed in both locations and seasons. Nodule number and root dry weight significantly increased, thus resulting in an increase of more than 50% in seed and straw production. Inoculation is therefore a necessary input in food and forage legume germplasm evaluation nurseries in upland Baluchistan. In contrast, the addition of 60 kg/ha of phosphate fertilizer did not influence plant growth and productivity significantly. It was also evident that the effects of environmental variation in rainfall and air temperature on crop growth consederably extended the growth season of lentil as well as productivity.
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