MADHU MALIK, SUDHIR KUMAR AND JDS PANWAR
*Department of Botany, J.V. College, Baraut, Baghpat (U.P)
**I.A.R.I., New Delhi
Abstract: A field study was conducted to examine the effect of PGPR and micronutrients viz. Mn, Fe, Mo and B on the two cultivars, namely UPAS 120 and Pusa 992 of pigeonpea. The application of PGPR along with Mn @ 0.6 kg/ha, Fe @ 0.5 kg/ha, Mo @ 0.1 kg/ha and B @ 0.1 kg/ha enhanced the nodulation in both the cultivars of pigeonpea.
Key words: Cajanus cajan, PGPR, Nodulation
REFERENCES
Bohlool, B.B. (1990) Introduction to nitrogen fixation in agriculture and industry: contribution of BNF to sustainability of agriculture. In Nitrogen Fixation: Achievements and Objectives, (eds) P.M. Gresshoff, L.E. Roth, G. Stacey and W.E. Newton, Chapman and Hall, New York. Pp. 613-616.
Gordon, MacMichael (2002). Pulse Crops in South Asia. Bi-Weekly Bulletin. 15 (10): 1–4.
Kloepper, J.W.; Lifshitz, R. and Schroth, M.N. (1988). Pseudomonas inoculants to benefit plant production. ISI Atlas Sci: Anim. Plant Sci. Pp. 60-64.
Kloepper, J.W.; Lifshitz, R. and Zablotowicz, R.M. (1989).Free-livingbacterialinocula for enhancing crop productivity. Trends Biotechnol. 7: 39-43.
Naik, Popavath; Ravindra, Gurusamy; Raman, Kannan; Badri, Narayanan and Natarajan, Sakthivel (2008). Assessment of genetic and functional diversity of phosphate solubilizing fluorescent pseudomonads isolated from rhizospheric soil. BMC Microbiol. 8:230.
Paau, Alan S. (1989). Improvement of Rhizobium Inoculants. Appl Environ Microbiol. 55(4): 862-865.
Sharma, P.K.; Kundu, B.S. and Dogra, R.C. (1993). Molecular mechanism of host specificity in legume-Rhizobium symbiosis. Biotechnol. Adv. 11: 741-779.
Singh, O.P.; Tripathi, P.N. and Singh, Room (1999). Effect of phosphorus and sulphur nutrition on summer greengram (Phaseolus radiatus). Indian J. Agric Sciences. 69(11): 798-99.
Van Peer, R. and Schippers, B. (1989). Plant growth responses to bacterization with selected Pseudomonas spp. strains and rhizosphere microbial development in hydroponic cultures. Can. J. Microbiol, 35: 456-463.Vance, C.P. (1983). Rhizobium infection and nodulation: a beneficial plant disease? Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 37:399-424.