Lime Pelleting to Improve Pulse Production on Acid Soils: Evidence from Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
Manoj Kumar*
ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya (793 103), India
ICAR-RCER, Research Centre for Makhana (RCM), Darbhanga, Bihar (846 005), India
S. Hazarika
ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya (793 103), India
B.U. Choudhury
ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya (793 103), India
B.C. Verma
ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya (793 103), India
CRURRS, ICAR-NRRI, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand (825 301), India
D.J. Rajkhowa
ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya (793 103), India
Reshma Shinde
ICAR-RCER, Research Centre, Ranchi, Jharkhand (834 010), India
Shikha Yadav
ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya (793 103), India
Arvind Kumar
ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya (793 103), India
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54083/ResBio/3.2.2021.116-120
Keywords: Aluminium toxicity, French bean, Legumes, Lime requirement, North-eastern India, Seed pelleting
Abstract
Liming is the key to success of crop production on acid soils. The practice however has not met wider adoption, due largely to the higher doses of lime requirement. To ascertain the effect of lime pelleting (seed pelleting with lime) vis-a-vis higher doses of lime as required for furrow application and broadcasting, we conducted a greenhouse pot experiment wherein common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) was grown with five treatments: T1: control (no lime), T2: lime pelleting with gum arabic, T3: lime pelleting with rice starch, T4: lime application @ 300 kg ha-1 equivalent dose, and T5: lime application @ 3000 kg ha-1 equivalent dose. Lime pelleting caused 12-14% improvement in crop yield compared to 31 and 38% increments at higher doses of lime application i.e., T4 and T5, respectively, with a commensurate increase in associated yield parameters. Higher leaf chlorophyll content (SPAD index) caused by liming and lime pelleting suggested improved plant nutrition. Rhizosphere pH increased with liming (p≤0.05), with corresponding reductions in exchangeable Al and acidity, but the effects of lime pelleting were discernible only at lower levels of statistical significance (p≤0.2). Contrary to the popular belief, liming reduced soil P availability, implying that the growth stimulation by liming was not caused by increased P availability, but by reduced Al toxicity and ensuing improvement in plant’s nutrient acquisition efficiency. To conclude, lime pelleting is proposed as an alternative low-cost, easily-adoptable technology for reducing lime requirement and for improving pulse productivity on acidic soils.
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