Effect of biological and nano fertilizers on growth characteristics and yield of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD Student of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding,Faculty of Agriculcure , Islamic Azad university of jiroft branch, Iran

2 South Kerman Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Jiroft, Iran

3 Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Jiroft Branch, Jiroft, Iran

4 4 Department of Crop and Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food Industry, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

One of the basic pillars of sustainable agriculture is the use of biological fertilizers with the aim of eliminating or reducing the use of chemical fertilizers. in recent years, nano fertilizers have been considered an effective solution to reduce nutrient losses and increase fertilizer use efficiency. In this regard, this study was conducted to investigate the effect of biological and nano fertilizers on the yield and morphological traits of cowpea in a factorial experiment based on a randomized complete block design for two consecutive years (2018-2020). The studied factors included 4 levels of biological fertilizers (control, Amino Zn-chelate, AminoAlexin, and Bio-20) and 4 levels of nano chelates (control, Nano B-chelate, Nano K-chelate, and Nano Fe-chelate). The results showed that years had no significant effect on the studied traits. However, the application of biofertilizers, especially Bio-20, followed by AminoAlexin, achieved the highest growth characteristics and yield. Also, among nano chelate fertilizers, iron and that potassium had the most positive effect. The study of interaction effects showed that the lowest growth characteristics and yield were observed at the control treatment. However, the highest plant height, number of flowers, number of pods per plant, pod length, number of seeds per pod and plant, 100-seed weight, and seed and straw yield were observed in Bio-20 application along with nano Fe-chelate and/or nano K-chelate. In general, we found that the combined application of biological fertilizers, especially Bio-20, along with nano Fe-chelate and nano K-chelate significantly improved the growth characteristics, yield, and yield components of cowpea.

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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION
Volume 33, Issue 4
June 2023
Pages 149-167

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