Abstract:
To study the effect of compost, inoculums, and starter
nitrogen on nodulation, growth, and yield of cluster bean, field
experiment was conducted on the demonstration farm of the
Collage of Agricultural Studies, Sudan University of Science
and Technology at Shambat. The experiment was sown on
Shambat loamy clay soil on July, 2009. A split plot design was
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used with main plo(Compost) with and without . Four sub-plots
namely control, inoculums, inoculum + half dose nitrogen, and
inoculums + one dose nitrogen (dose = 43 kg N/ha in form of
NPK (23:23:0). The treatment were replicated three times
The result showed no significant differences among the
treatment in all parameter studies except for the relative
growth rate. However, the differences were not sufficient
enough to be reflected in the primary morphological yield
components and eventually on the grain yield.
