EFFECT OF BIOINOCULANTS ON WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L.) AT DIFFERENT GROWTH STAGES UNDER VARYING SOIL MOISTURE REGIMES

POOJA RANI¹, K.D. SHARMA², MUKHAN WATI³*
¹Department of Botany, Plant Physiology & Chemistry, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
²Department of Botany, Plant Physiology & Chemistry, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
³Department of Botany, Plant Physiology & Chemistry, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
* Corresponding Author : mukhandagar88@gmail.com

Received : 23-09-2018     Accepted : 12-10-2018     Published : 15-10-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 19       Pages : 7305 - 7308
Int J Agr Sci 10.19 (2018):7305-7308

Keywords : Biofertilizers, Drought, Fungi inoculation
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Wheat is cool season crop, widely cultivated under varied agro-climatic condition. To overcome the problem of drought, biofertilizers have been used to improve water uptake efficiency and plant nutrients in sustainable agriculture. Some microorganisms like Arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) have positive effects on plant growth by improving physiological and biochemical activities. An experiment was conducted on wheat to find suitable growth responses in genotype WH 1142 under restricted irrigation. The experiment was designed as split plot consisting of three irrigation schedules viz., one irrigation at crown root initiation (CRI), two irrigations at CRI and heading stage and three irrigations at CRI, tillering, heading stage in main plot and five bio-inoculants treatments viz., recommended dose of fertilizers (RDF), Arbuscular mycorrhizae(AM) with Azotobacter and PSB (75% of RDF), AM fungi with RDF, Azotobacter with PSB and RDF, AM fungi with 75% of RDF in the sub-plots with three replication. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi inoculation significantly enhanced water relating parameters by increasing the severity of drought from three irrigations to single irrigation.

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