Effect of Zinc and Molybdenum on the Growth and Yield of Garden Pea (Pisum sativum L.)

Abstract

Every year total cultivable land of the country is turning into nonagricultural land at the rate of 0.73% (Molla, 2016), while total population is projected to be 201.3 million by 2051 (El-Saharty et al., 2014). So, meeting food demand by maintaining soil health is a great challenge. Pulses are the second most important group of crops after cereals (Chandra et al., 2020). So, it is the high time to conduct research on pulses. Pulses are rich source of protein and play a significant role in correcting the prevalent malnutrition in the country like Bangladesh and India (Singh et al., 2015). Among the pulses, fieldpea (Pisum sativum L.) is an important grain legume in the Asia, Europe, North America, Japan and Australia but in Bangladesh, fieldpea is going to be a major pulse crop within a few years (BBS, 2016). It is the second most important legume crop of the world (Pawar et al., 2017). Garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) belongs to the family Fabaceae is one of the world's oldest domesticated crops cultivated before 10th and 9 th millennia BC (Zohary and Hopf, 2000). It is highly nutritive which contains high proportion of digestive protein Article History

Yield responses of groundnut genotypes as influence by boron and zinc

“…[1] reported a similar increase in the number of pods per plant with foliar spray of Zn and B. Maximum number of pods per plant were also observed by Alam et al (2020) [2] in Garden pea with application of zinc. been reported to produce an additional pod yield in French bean (Singh and Singh, 1990) [16] , black gram and chickpea (Sakal et al 1988) [14] .…”

Effect of Application of Zn and Mn on Growth, Yield and Economics of Garden Pea (Pisum sativum var. hortense L.)

“…The minimum pH value was recorded in T 1 control (without Zn and Mn) (5.94 pH) and maximum pH was recorded in T 6 (5.98 pH) basal application of Zn @ 50% of RDF and Mn @ 50% of RDF + foliar application of Zn @ 1% and Mn @ 0.5%. Similar result for soil pH was observed by Alam (2020). In case of organic carbon, T 6 (basal application of Zn @ 50% of RDF and Mn @ 50% of RDF + foliar application of Zn @ 1% and Mn @ 0.5%) observed the highest organic carbon (0.74%) and T 1 [control (without Zn and Mn)] had the lowest organic carbon (0.53).…”

“…The formation of sporogenous tissue is additionally stimulated by zinc treatment, which raises the quantity of pollen grains per anther. These effects result in proper pollen grain germination, normal development and an increase in yield parameters such as the number, size, and weight of pods and seeds [9,10].…”

Zinc Biofortification and Nutrient Management Effect on Growth, Yield and Yield Efficiency Index of Garden Pea under Himalayan Conditions

“…W hile, the application of zinc Zinc Biofortification and Nutrient Management Effect on Growth, Yield and Yield Efficiency Index of Garden Pea under Himalayan... nutrient leads to increased vegetative growth by activating enzymes responsible for cell division and elongation. Zinc also improves the availability of other macro and micro nutrients, creating favorable conditions for plant growth Alam et al (2020) besides zinc accumulation in plant tissues causes alterations in essential growth processes like photosynthesis and chlorophyll biosynthesis, ultimately resulting in improved vegetative growth. Zinc actively participates in auxin production, increasing cell size and number, which leads to increased plant height and overall yield components.…”