Influence Of Carrier-Based Microbial Consortia On  The Growth And Yield Attributes Of Sorghum  [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]

Y Kavya; N Trimurtulu; A Vijaya Gopal; P Madhu Vani; N V V  S D Prasad

doi:10.48165/

Authors

Y Kavya Department of Agriculture Microbiology, APGC, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Lam, Guntur – 522 034, Andhra Pradesh (India)
N Trimurtulu Dean of Agriculture,Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Lam, Guntur – 522 034, Andhra Pradesh (India)
A Vijaya Gopal Department of Agriculture MicrobiologyAcharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Lam, Guntur – 522 034, Andhra Pradesh (India)
P Madhu Vani Department of Soil Science,RARS, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Lam, Guntur – 522 034, Andhra Pradesh (India)
N V V S D Prasad Department of Entomology, RARS, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Lam, Guntur – 522 034, Andhra Pradesh (India)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Microbial consortia, sorghum, growth attributes, yield attributes, fertilizers

Abstract

Pot experiments were conducted under greenhouse conditions at ARS, ANGRAU, Amaravathi (India) during kharif 2018-19 to assess the effect of carrier-based microbial consortia on the growth and yield of sorghum cv. ‘CSV-27’. Two microbial consortia (MC1 = Azospirillium + P-solubilizer + K-releaser + Zn-solubilizer + PGPR isolate; and MC2 = Azotobacter + Azospirillium + P-solubilizer + K-releaser + Zn-solubilizer + PGPR isolate) were evaluated along with different doses of inorganic fertilizers. Crop growth attributes like plant height, shoot length, shoot weight, root weight, nutrient uptake, weight of ear head, grains ear head-1, grain yield and stover yield were assessed. The treatment 75% recommended fertilizer dose + MC2 + FYM proved superior over all other treatments tested and gave significantly higher yield than other treatments. The use of biofertilizer consortia along with reduced dose of inorganic fertilizer are advised for successful sorghum growth.

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