Influence of Biofertilizers and Phosphorus on Growth and Yield of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik)

The Experiment was conduct at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy during Rabi season of 2022 on Lentil crop. The treatment consisted of three level of Biofertilizer Rhizobium, PSB and Rhizobium + PSB and three level of Phosphorus (30, 40 and 50 kg/ha) and control. The experiment was layout in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 10 treatment and replicated thrice. The soil in the experimental area was sandy loam with pH (8.0), EC (0.56 dS/m), Organic Carbon (0.62%), available N (225 kg/ha), available P (38.2 kg/ha), and available K (240.7 kg/ha). The results revealed that the treatment-9 [Rhizobium + PSB + Phosphorus 50 kg/ha] produces higher plant height (36.60 cm), plant dry weight (6.64 g), maximum number of pods/plant (158.66), maximum number of seeds/pod (1.89), higher seed yield (2018.04 kg/ha) and stover yield (3530.60 kg/ha).