Effects of Crop Establishment Methods and Phosphorus Fertilization on Growth and Yield of Mungbean (Vingna radiata L. Wilczek.) in Kandahar Region of Afghanistan

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted entitled “Effect of methods of crop establishment and phosphorus
fertilization on mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) during (August-October) of 2017 at Research Farm of Afghanistan
National Agriculture Science and Technology University (ANASTU), Kandahar, Afghanistan. The experiment was laid out
in a split plot design with seven treatment combinations, i.e. main plots as three crop establishment methods (Flatbed
broadcast planting, raised bed planting and Flatbed row sowing) and four phosphorus application rates (0,45,60 and 75 kg
P2O5). The experimental findings indicated that the growth attributes, plant height (cm) (41.9), number of branch plant-1
(4.8),
dry matter accumulation(g/m2
) (481.5), root dry weight (g) plant-1
(1.53), leaf area index (3.56) and yield, i.e. grain yield
(1,424 t/ha), stover yield (4,203 t/ha), biological yield (5,627 t/ha) and harvest index (24.8%) were significantly enhanced
due to raised bed plating method along with application of 75 kg P2O5, whereas the minimum growth attributes and yield was
obtained in the plots cultivated as flatbed broadcast planting method with no phosphorus application level.