Bioconsortia: A Potential Ecofriendly Bio-Based Product to Enhance the Productivity of the Green Gram
Kota Tejasree
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413722, (MS), India.
Narute T. K.
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413722, (MS), India.
Navale A. M.
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413722, (MS), India.
Khaire P. B. *
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413722, (MS), India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present investigations on the studies to see the effect of seed biopriming with bacterial consortia in green gram were conducted in a field experiment employing randomized block design with nine treatments and three replications during kharif season 2022-2023 at the Post Graduate Institute, research farm of the Department of Plant Pathology and Agricultural Microbiology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. The result revealed that, among the treatment, T4 recorded the highest average plant height (65.66 cm) and average number of leaves (22.79 plant-1), average number of branches (5.23), average number of pods (30.93), average grain yield (9.18 q ha-1), average stalk yield (24.25 q ha-1) and 1000 seed weight i.e. test weight (33.78 g).
Keywords: Vigna radiata, potential bacteria, rhizobium, Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB), Potash Mobilizing Bacteria (KMB), growth and yield