193 1 Assistant Professor (e-mail: rsmeenaagro@gmail.com; menars@bhu.ac.in), 2 Research Scholar (e-mail: : tarunverma658@ gmail.com), 3 Assistant Professor (e-mail: suniliari@gmail.com), Institute of Agricultural Sciences, 4&5 Ph D Scholar (e-mail: ajitbhu89@gmail.com) and (e-mail: sunilgoyam675@gmail.com) Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India; 6 Senior Scientist (e-mail: dsgurjar79@gmail.com ), Water Technology Centre, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012. Short Communications Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 90 (11): 2233–6, November 2020/Short Communication https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v90i11.108601 Infuence of organic and inorganic sources of nutrients on growth, yield and quality of mungbean (Vigna radiata) RAM SWAROOP MEENA* 1 , TARUN VERMA 2 , SUNIL KUMAR VERMA 3 , AJEET SINGH 4 , SUNIL KUMAR 5 and D S GURJAR 6 Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221 005, India Received: 4 October 2019; Accepted: 4 March 2020 Key words: Biochar, FYM, Mungbean, Pressmud, Vermicompost, Yield Climate change is affecting all four dimensions of food security: food availability, food accessibility, food utilization and food systems stability. It has an impact on human health, livelihood assets, food production and distribution channels, as well as changing purchasing power and market fows (Ashoka et al. 2017; Meena et al. 2020). Food insecurity is a major issue for many people and households in poor and developing countries. It is estimated that ~79 million people are undernourished in the world (FAO 2018). Pulses can help contribute to food security in a number of ways, and constitute an essential part of the Indian diet for nutritional security, soil and environmental sustainability under changing climate (Brown and Funk 2008). Mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) is one of the important food legume in Asian region, where 90 % of global production currently occurs. The total area covered under pulses in India was ~23 Mha with a total production of 25.23 Mt and 694 kg/ha productivity. In India, the area of mungbean is 2.93 Mha in 2017-18 with production of 2.01 Mt (DASE 2018). Its average productivity is very low around 436 kg/ha (Meena and Yadav 2015; Meena et al. 2020a). The inbuilt mechanism of biological nitrogen fxation (BNF) enable pulse crops to meet 80-90% of their nitrogen (N) requirements, hence a starter dose of 15-25 kg N/ha is suffcient to meet out the requirement to most of the pulse crops. In the recent years micro-nutrients such as zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) have improved productivity of pulse crops considerably in many pockets (Thiyagarajan et al. 2003 ; Meena and Lal 2015). A wide range of the soils have spread defciency of Zn and Fe is a one of the reason to response the pulses productivity, and particularly in the light textured soils, having low organic carbon (OC) and alkaline reaction. In many parts of the country, Zn as a plant nutrient now stands third in importance next to N and phosphorus (P) (Takkar and Randhawa 1978 ; Meena et al. 2018). While ferro-sulfur proteins play an important role in N-fxation and electron movement in photosynthesis (Saini and Singh 2017). Organic manure application preserves the soil ecosystem through optimum soil biological activity, which sustains the soil fertility (Meena et al. 2017). Large- scale application of manure plays an important role to improve the soil fertility and productivity of soils through its positive effects on soil physical, chemical and biological properties, and balanced plant nutrition (Kumari et al. 2012). Research information on the conjunctive application of organic manures and fertilizers to increase the yield of mungbean and improves soil fertility in rice-wheat system of the Indo-Gangetic Plain Zone (IGPZ). The aim of this study was to evaluate the response of organic manures and fertilizers on short-term effects on mungbean growth, yield, quality, and treatment response to the soil fertility. Therefore, looking on yield levels and increasing of alternative strategy to nutrient application to the mungbean in the rice-wheat system of India. A feld experiment was carried out during summer 2017 at the Agricultural Research Farm, Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (India) situated under North East Plain Zone of the country. Agricultural Research Farm is situated at a distance of about 10 km from the Varanasi Railway Station in the South-East direction and lies in the North Gangetic alluvial plain, on the left side of river Ganges. It is located at 25.20 N latitude and 83.00 E longitudes and at an altitude of 75.7 m above the mean sea level (MSL). The homogeneous composite soil samples were collected to appropriate analysis. The top soil layer contains available N (236.4 kg/ha), P (22.6 kg/ha), potassium (K) (280.6 kg/ha), organic carbon (0.36%), pH (7.32) and electrical