Integrated iron foliar application and phosphorus fertilization enhance yield and nutrient dynamics of mung bean in calcareous soils
Maaz Khan, Mehran Ali, Haris Ahmad, Sher Shah Soury, Hamid Ali Khan, Muhammad Tanveer Altaf, Waqas Liaqat, Muhammad Azhar Nadeem, Muhammad Aasim · 2026
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Maaz Khan and eight colleagues fine-tune iron and phosphorus feeding for mung bean grown in chalky soils, where nutrients lock away out of roots' reach. Their 2026 report describes a two-year field trial, 2022 to 2023, in randomised blocks. Iron went on as a leaf spray at four strengths up to 0.6 percent, crossed with phosphorus fertiliser at four rates to 90 kilograms per hectare. Growth, yield, seed quality, nutrient uptake, and the money return were tracked across the combinations.
A mid-strength recipe won. Spraying 0.4 percent iron lifted seed yield to 790 kilograms per hectare, 23.44 percent above untreated plots, while 60 kilograms of phosphorus gave 796 kilograms and the trial's best chlorophyll and growth rates. The strongest sprays maximised nitrogen and iron inside the seed. Efficiency peaked at low phosphorus rates. Combining 0.4 percent iron with 60 kilograms of phosphorus produced the best value for money, the recipe the authors recommend to farmers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Maaz Khan, Mehran Ali, Haris Ahmad, Sher Shah Soury, Hamid Ali Khan, Muhammad Tanveer Altaf, Waqas Liaqat, Muhammad Azhar Nadeem, Muhammad Aasim |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 69183 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |