Novel Utilization of Biofertilizers in Crop and Soil Improvement

Abstract

The study was carried out to investigate the yield and soil quality of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and moong (Vigna radiate L.) crop. In order to obtain high precision in the results of the present investigation, the research trials were conducted for two consecutive years 2008-09 and 2009-10 under field conditions at Artoni (Agra) site. The experiment was laid out in RBD with five microbes (Azospirillum, Azotobactor, PSB, Azolla and Rhizobium) and four levels (120 and 60 kg N for wheat and 25 and 10 kg N for moong crop) of nitrogen. The results of this experiment proved that T2 treatment (Azospirillum +60 kg N ha-1) showed the best outcome during both the years for wheat crop and in moong crop. The growth and yield parameters i.e. plant height, no. of branches plant-1 no. of pods plant-1, pod length and grain yield were observed and treatment T7 (Rhizobium +10 kg N ha-1) was found to be better combination than others. The soil in respect to its physico-chemical properties showed an improvement due to the use of biofertilizers when compared to control and farmers practice.