Productivity, Profitability and Quality of Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] Influenced by Phosphorus and Sulphur Fertilization

• DOI: 10.18805/lr-5021
• Publication Date: 2023-04-06T10:57:50Z
• Authors: Manoj .; M.K. Sharma; Harphool Meena; R.K. Yadav; V.K. Yadav; Bahnu Pratap Ghasil; Sangeeta Danga
• Keywords: Economics; Veterinary medicine; Macroeconomics; Soil Science; Organic chemistry; Plant Science; Crop; Crop Productivity; Genetic Diversity and Improvement of Soybean; Agricultural and Biological Sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; Randomized block design; Management of Soil Fertility and Crop Productivity; Biology; Productivity; 0303 health sciences; Soil Fertility; Factors Affecting Maize Yield and Lodging Resistance; Life Sciences; Phosphorus; Agronomy; Legume; Chemistry; Kharif crop; Human fertilization; Medicine; Forensic science; Soybean; Agronomy and Crop Science; Sulfur; Animal science; Grain Quality

Background: Soybean is an important legume as well as oil seed crop grown in a varied range of climate and soils. Phosphorous and sulphur is an important macronutrient required for plants. Their deficiency in soil is a worldwide concern for production of food crops. Therefore, present investigation was done to study influence of phosphorus and sulphur fertilization on productivity, profitability and quality of soybean. Methods: An experiment conducted during kharif 2021 and laid out in factorial randomized block design with three replications having four levels of phosphorous (0, 20, 40 and 60 kg ha-1) and three levels of sulphur (15, 30 and 45 kg ha-1). The data was recorded, analysed and computed statistically. Result: The results indicated that application of 60 kg P2O5 ha-1 and 45 kg S ha-1 gave significantly higher yield, monetary returns and quality of soybean over rest of phosphorous and sulphur levels. However, it was found at par with 40 kg P2O5 ha-1 and 30 kg S ha-1.