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Introduction
Soybean (Glycine max L. Merr) is one of the most
important recognized oil seed and protein rich crop in
the world. It grows well in different regions of the
world, particularly in the tropics to the mid-temperate
zones. About 83 million hectares of land in the world
is under soybean cultivation and annual production is
approximately 159 million metric tons (FAO, 2004).
As a grain legume, it is gaining important position in
the agriculture of tropical countries including India,
SriLanka, Thailand and Bangladesh. In Bangladesh,
about 40699.19 ha of land are under soybean
cultivation and annual production is approximately
69522 metric tons with an average yield of 0.27 t ha-1
(BBS, 2010). As a good source of protein,
unsaturated fatty acids and minerals like Ca and P
including vitamin A, B, C and D soybean meets up
different nutritional needs (Rahman, 1988). Soybean
is called miracle bean or protein hope of future in
Bangladesh. Soybean contains 40-45% protein, 1820% edible oil and 24-26% carbohydrate (Gowda and
Kaul, 1982). Soybean oil is now very popularly used
as edible oil in Bangladesh. Soybean is one of the
promising crops for various food and poultry feed in
Bangladesh. Oil and protein rich soybean has now
been recognized all over the world as a protein
supplementary source of edible oil and nutrition (Kaul
and Das, 1986). With well adapted cultivars, soybean
can be cultivated throughout the year in Bangladesh
(Hoque 1976; Khaleque and Siddique, 1982) but its
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Table 1. Combined effect of Bradyrhizobium, MSW compost and fertilizers on nodulation, N content and uptake of soybean
Yield (t ha-1)
Nodulation
Treatments
No. of nodules
plant-1
40 DAS
60 DAS
N content (%)
40 DAS
Grain
Stover
0.80d
8.54 b
Root
Stover
Root
Stover
Grain
Total
0.825 c
16.60 c
80.10 c
51.80 d
148.5 d
Grain
Nodule
0.507d 0.938 c
6.474 b
60 DAS
T0 = Control
11.22e
18.67e
119.6 e
16.45h
T1 = Compost10 + R1 (BAU-101)
18.11a
88.67a
168.0 a
317.0a
1.58a
7.163 b
2.911 a
65.40 a
245.70 a 113.20 a
424.3 a
16.56ab
57.67d
142.3 d
223.0c
1.33ab
7.812 a
2.690 a
299.0 b
12.11e
84.67a
153.3 c
243.3b
1.38ab
6.885ab
2.780 a
306.5 b
15.22bc
75.00b
159.8 b
130.0e
1.01cd
7.924 a
2.731 a
273.6 c
13.22cde
78.33b
160.9 b
181.3d
1.45ab
7.213ab
2.852 a
303.9 b
T6 = Rm + PKSMg (100%)
14.33cd
62.33d
152.9 c
86.68g
1.03cd
6.888ab
2.743 a
262.0 c
12.44de
67.33c
146.8 d
123.3 f
1.23bc
7.949 a
1.975 b
308.1 b
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Values in a column having same letter (s) do not differ significantly at 1% level by DMRT
DAS= Days after sowing
**= Significant at 1% level
*= Significant at 5% level
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