Enhancement of Nodulation and Yield of Chickpea by Co-inoculation of Indigenous Mesorhizobium spp. and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in Eastern Uttar Pradesh

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 605-621

  Verma, Jay Prakash ^a   Yadav, Janardan ^a   Tiwari, Kavindra Nath ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Azotobacter chroococcum; Bacillus megaterium; chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.); Mesorhizobium sp.; microbiology; nitrogen; phosphorus; plant nutrition; Pseudomonas fluorescens; rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CROP YIELD; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; NITROGEN; NODULATION; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; RHIZOBACTERIUM; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CICER ARIETINUM; MESORHIZOBIUM; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 84856973357     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2012.639110     Document Type: Article

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