Growth Improvement of Mung Bean (Vigna Radiata (L.) Wilczek R.) by Application of Mycofer and Phosphate Fertilizer

Abstract

The objective of the research was to observe the effect of mycofer inoculation and the phosphate fertilizer on growth improvement of mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek). The research method used experimental method, which used randomize block design 2 x 7 factorial with 3 replications. The first factor was mycofer inoculation (M), which consisted of two levels, i.e. without mycofer inoculation (m0) and with mycofer inoculation (m1). The second factor was adding of phosphate fertilizer (P), which consisted of seven levels of doses, i.e. without adding of phosphate fertilizer (p0), 25 kg/ha (p1), 50 kg/ha (p2), 75 kg/ha (p3), 100 kg/ha (p4), 125 kg/ha (p5) and 150 kg/ha (p6). The observation parameter included the plant height, the leaf area, the dry weight, the number of pods, the seeds weight and the percentages of the root infection. The result showed that there was interaction between mycofer inoculation and the adding phosphate fertilizer to increase the plant height, the number of pods and the seeds weight. Phosphate fertilizer dose 75 kg/ha (p3) was the best dose for increasing the growth of mung bean plants inoculated mycofer on all parameters observed, except best phosphate fertilizers dose for the parameters of dry weight was 50 kg[1] / ha (p2).