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Vol.3, No.1, 9-13 (2012) Agricultural Sciences /10.4236/as.2012.31003 Effects of zinc and nitrogen fertilizer and their application method on yield and yield components of Phaseolus vulgaris L. Faizus Salehin1*, Shahedur Rahman2 1Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, University of Development Alternative, Dhaka, Bangladesh; * Corresponding Author: faizus1212@ 2Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Jessore Science and Technology University, Jessore, Bangladesh Received 6 September 2011; revised 18 November 2011; accepted 16 December 2011 ABSTRACT ported that nitrogen fertilization had a positive and sig- nificant effect on seed yield, seed weight, number of An experiment in factorial format based on pods per plant and number of seeds per plant [5]. randomized complete block design with 3 repli- Seventy years ago, zinc was recognized as an essential cations was conducted to study the effects of micronutrient [6], and its deficiency in agricultural crops zinc spray (0 and 1 g/L) and nitrogen fertilizer (0, is one of the most common micronutrient deficiencies [7]. 25, 50 and 75 kg/ha pure nitrogen) on yield and Zinc deficient soils have been widely found in India, yield components of Phaseolus vulgaris. In ma- USA, Canada, New Zealand, Africa, Europe and South turity time, seed yield, 100 seed weight, number America [8]. On the other hand, World Health Organiza- of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod and tion (WHO) reported that human po