Journal
COMMUNICATIONS IN SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT ANALYSIS
Volume 43, Issue 3, Pages 605-621Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2012.639110
Keywords
Azotobacter chroococcum; Bacillus megaterium; chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.); Mesorhizobium sp.; microbiology; nitrogen; phosphorus; plant nutrition; Pseudomonas fluorescens; rhizosphere
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- Centre of Organic Farming, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, Ghaziabad
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We study the effect of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) along with Mesorhizobium sp. BHURC02 on nodulation, plant growth, yield, and nutrient content of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under field conditions. A similar study has been conducted for nodulation and plant growth of chickpea in pot experiment under glasshouse conditions. The treatment combination of Mesorhizobium sp. BHURC02 and Pseudomonas fluorescens BHUPSB06 statistically significantly increased nodule number plant(-1), dry weight of nodule plant(-1), and root and shoot dry weights plant(-1) over the control under a glasshouse experiment. The maximum significant increase in nodule number, dry matter, and nutrient content were recorded in co-inoculation of Mesorhizobium sp. BHURC02 and P. fluorescens BHUPSB06 followed by co-inoculation of Mesorhizobium sp., Azotobacter chroococcum, and Bacillus megatrium BHUPSB14 over uninoculated control in a 2-year field study. Hence, co-inoculation of Mesorhizobium sp. and P. fluorescens may be effective indigenous PGPR for chickpea production.
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