International Journal of Plant & Soil Science

A field experiment was carried out during kharif, 2019 and 2020 in different adjoining similar sites at Agronomy Instructional Farm, Chimanbhai Patel College of Agriculture Sardar krushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardar krushinagar. The soil of the experimental field was loamy sand. The experiment comprised of eighteen treatment combinations i.e. three levels of phosphorus (P₁ : 20 kg P₂O₅ ha^-1, P₂ : 40 kg P₂O₅ ha^-1 and P₃ : 60 kg P₂O₅ ha^-1); three levels of molybdenum (Mo₀ : 0.0 kg Mo ha^-1, Mo₁ : 0.5 kg Mo ha^-1 and Mo₂ : 1.0 kg Mo ha^-1) and two levels of Rhizobium (R₀ : without rhizobium inoculation and R₁ : with rhizobium inoculation) were evaluated with GM 4 cultivar of green gram in randomized block design (R.B.D.) with factorial concept with three replications. Results revealed that application of 40 kg P₂O₅ ha^-1 and 0.5 kg Mo ha^-1 significantly enhanced the all-nodulation parameters, growth, yield attributes, seed and stover yields of greengram over 20 kg P₂O₅ ha^-1 and 0.0 kg Mo ha^-1. Seed inoculation with Rhizobium significantly improved the numbers and weight of effective nodules per plant at 45 and 60 DAS, and others parameters i.e., yield attributes, seed and stover yield. Hence, application of 40 kg P₂O₅ ha^-1 along with 0.5 kg Mo ha^-1 and seed inoculation with Rhizobium were found to be most beneficial for greengram variety GM 4 grown in the light textured soils.