Research Article
Effect of Rhizobium and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacterial Inoculants on Symbiotic Traits, Nodule Leghemoglobin, and Yield of Chickpea Genotypes
Table 4
Soil fertility as influenced by chickpea genotypes and microbial inoculants.
| | Chickpea genotypes | pH |
EC
dS m−1 | SOC (%) | Available nutrients in soil (kg ha−1) | Rhizobium population
g−1 of soil) |
PSB population
( g−1 of soil) | | N | P | K | S |
| | Chickpea genotype | | IG-226 | 7.75 | 0.36 | 0.49 | 198.5 | 10.6 | 545.6 | 12.5 | 9.68 | 4.23 | | IG-370 | 7.68 | 0.35 | 0.47 | 192.8 | 10.4 | 544.8 | 12.4 | 9.29 | 4.03 | | IG-379 | 7.76 | 0.36 | 0.49 | 194.5 | 11.4 | 546.4 | 13.0 | 9.99 | 4.42 | | JG-412 | 7.79 | 0.37 | 0.53 | 210.3 | 11.6 | 547.1 | 13.4 | 10.60 | 4.53 | | IG-593 | 7.79 | 0.38 | 0.53 | 219.3 | 12.2 | 568.6 | 13.6 | 10.99 | 5.09 | | SEm± | — | — | 0.01 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.24 | 0.13 | | LSD () | NS | NS | 0.02 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 0.78 | 0.41 |
| | Microbial inoculants | | Control | 7.71 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 193.3 | 9.1 | 545.7 | 12.5 | 9.37 | 4.12 | | Rhizobium | 7.76 | 0.37 | 0.51 | 206.8 | 9.2 | 552.7 | 13.0 | 10.79 | 4.14 | | PSB | 7.73 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 191.9 | 12.5 | 546.7 | 13.0 | 9.40 | 4.77 | | Rhizobium + PSB | 7.81 | 0.37 | 0.54 | 220.3 | 14.1 | 556.9 | 13.4 | 10.86 | 4.80 | | SEm± | — | — | 0.01 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.08 | 0.03 | | LSD () | NS | NS | 0.02 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 0.24 | 0.10 |
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SOC: soil organic carbon, EC: electrical conductivity.
Initial rhizobial count: g−1 of soil and phosphate solubilizing bacterial (PSB) count: g−1 of soil.
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