Background: Foliar spray of nutrients offers a best way to accelerate crop growth and boost up productivity of mungbean under irrigated conditions to meet out the demand raised by ever increasing population of our country. The study was framed to investigate physiochemical and biological properties of fermented fish waste extract (FFWE) and its effects on productivity performance in mungbean. Methods: The organic liquid FFWE was characterized for its physiochemical and biological properties in the laboratory. Field experiments were conducted during Kharif 2019 and 2020 in mungbean to study the effect of FFWE as foliar spray on growth, yield, quality and economics. Treatments consisted of foliar spray of different concentrations of FFWE (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 %) compared with 1% urea and control. The treatments were replicated four times in a randomized block design. Result: Laboratory analysis showed that fermented fish waste extract contains considerable amount of essential nutrients namely nitrogen (1.87%), phosphorus (0.49%), potassium (0.93%), calcium (0.54%), magnesium (0.26%), sulphur (0.04%), copper (3.1 ppm), zinc (38.2 ppm), manganese (4.8 ppm) and iron (118 ppm). The microbial population viz., total bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes in FFWE were found to be 196±1.8, 11±0.06 and 203±0.87 (CFU/mL), respectively. Field experiments revealed that 2.0% FFWE foliar spray at flowering stage and 15 days after first spray in mungbean found to improve the plant height, (40.8 cm) dry matter production (1770 kg/ha), leaf chlorophyll (SPAD value 40.0), number of pods per plant (28.3), seeds per pod (9.9), grain yield (665 kg/ha) and grain protein (23.4%). Economics of foliar nutrition showed that foliar spray of 2.0% FFWE gave higher net return of Rs. 24057/- per ha and benefit cost ratio of 2.30. Thus, it could be concluded that foliar spray of 2.0% fermented fish waste extract could be considered as an excellent source of organic liquid manure for enhancing the productivity of mungbean.

Background: The impact of global warming on the environment is affecting soil quality and water supplies, which in turn is impacting agricultural production. The rise in salt concentrations in soil and water systems due to increased evaporation rates from warming temperatures and changing precipitation patterns is a major concern. This salinity poses a threat to crop development, especially for sensitive species like the green gram (Vigna radiata L.), a protein-rich legume consumed globally. Understanding the effects of salinity on green gram growth and physiological responses is essential due to its importance as a significant food source. Methods: A pot experiment was conducted at ADACandRI, Trichy, with varying EC values (less than 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 dS/m) to study the effects of different saline irrigation levels. The experiment utilized the green gram variety VBN 2 in a randomized design with three replications. Growth parameters including plant height, number of leaves and branches, blooming period, root, shoot and leaf lengths were measured. Biochemical characteristics such as protein concentration, reducing sugars, proline and chlorophyll levels were also analyzed. The study evaluated the impact of these characteristics on salinity tolerance using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Result: Salinity stress negatively affected growth and metabolic reactions in greengram. The VBN 2 variety exhibited better growth and biochemical reactions at a moderate salinity level of 2 dS/m compared to higher salinity levels, indicating moderate salt tolerance. Plant height, leaf growth and flowering time improved with lower salinity levels but decreased significantly at higher salt levels. Important characteristics such as plant height, chlorophyll content and proline accumulation were key factors in determining the plant’s ability to tolerate salt stress, as indicated by PCA analysis.

Weeds are a severe menace to crop cultivation as they interfere with crop growth and development and result in considerable loss in yield of oil seed crops. As a result, farmers have widely used synthetic herbicides for weed management. Using herbicides guides various environmental and health issues, and researchers have been exploring alternative environmentally friendly ways of controlling weeds. Among these, incorporating allelopathy as a tool in an integrated weed management approach could significantly bring down herbicide usage. Allelopathy refers to the influence of one plant on another in its surroundings or on associated microflora/microfauna through the release of allelochemicals that intervene with the growth of plants. In field crops, allelopathy can be applied through intercropping, crop rotation, cover crops, mulching and allelopathic water extracts to manage weeds. Research evidence indicates that oil seed crops possess potent allelo chemicals that have great potential to be utilized as natural herbicides. This review aims to outline oil seed crops allelopathy that releases effective allelo chemicals with the possibility of being used in oil seed crop cultivation. By applying the allelopathy principles, farmers can pursue environmentally friendly and sustainable weed control techniques and improve crop yield and quality.

A field experiment was conducted at Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tiruchirappalli during Summer, 2021 to evaluate the weed management practices in green gram. The study comprised of eleven weed management practices with different combination viz., pre emergence (PE) application of Diclosulam at 17.5 g/ha, Pendimethalin + Imazethapyr 1 kg/ha, post emergence (POE) application of Fluazifop-p-butyl + Fomesafen 313 g/ha, Acifluorfen sodium + Clodinofop propargyl 187.5 g/ha, PE Diclosulam 17.5 g/ha fb POE Fluazifop-p-butyl + Fomesafen 313 g/ha , PE Pendimethalin + Imazethapyr 1 kg/ha fb POE Fluazifop-p-butyl + Fomesafen 313 g/ha, PE Diclosulam 17.5 g/ha fb POE Acifluorfen sodium + Clodinofop propargyl 187.5 g/ha, PE Pendimethalin + Imazethapyr 1 kg/ha fb POE Acifluorfen sodium + Clodinofop propargyl 187.5 g/ha, PE Pendimethalin1 kg/ha fb HW on 30 DAS, HW on 20 and 40 DAS and unweeded control (UWC) in green gram. The results revealed that the highest plant height, number of branches plant^-1, DMP, LAI, CGR, RGR and NAR were registered in PE Pendimethalin + Imazethapyr at 1 kg ha^-1 fb POE Fluazifop-p-butyl + Fomesafen at 313 g ha^-1. The grain and haulm yields were also higher in PE Pendimethalin + Imazethapyr at 1 kg ha^-1 fb POE Fluazifop-p-butyl + Fomesafen at 313 g ha^-1 and it was on par with PE Pendimethalin + Imazethapyr at 1 kg ha^-1 fb POE Acifluorfen sodium + Clodinofop propargyl at 187.5 g ha^-1. Hence, application of PE Pendimethalin + Imazethapyr at 1 kg ha^-1 fb POE Fluazifop-p-butyl + Fomesafen at 313 g ha^-1 was found to be the most viable option for getting higher growth and yield in green gram.