Biochemical and Nutritional Responses of Tripartite Soybean-Rhizobium-Glomus Association Under Low and High P Fertilization 224
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Author:K.S. Subramanian, R.A. Jegan, M. Gomathy and S. Vijayakumar
p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:98, Issue:jul-sep
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.100282
Abstract
A greenhouse experiment was conducted on soybean in black sandy loam soil and inoculated
either with Rhizobium japanicum and Glomus intraradices singly or in combination with low
(40 kg P 2
O 5 ha -1 ) and high (80 kg P 2
O 5 ha -1 ) levels of P. Soybean plant samples were analyzed for
plant nutritional, biochemical and enzymatic changes. The results revealed that combined
inoculation of Rhizobium and mycorrhizal fungus favorably increased all the nutritional,
biochemical and enzymatic characteristics which contributed for the increased grain yield of
soybean 10-25 per cent depending on the level of P added. This study suggests that tripartite
association assists in improving the yield and nutritional qualities of soybean besides
maintaining soil fertility.
Key words : Glomus intraradices, Rhizobium, soybean, phosphorus