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Studies on the Azotobacter Inoculation of Crop Plants

Volume : 63
Issue: Nov-dec
Pages: 606 - 610
Published: October 11, 2023
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Abstract


Rhizosphere and rhizosplane population build-up of Azotobacter in inoculated rice, chilli and ragi was estimated. Maximum respone to Azotobacter inoculation was seen with chilli crop followed by regi and rice. The population build-up due to inoculation was maximum at the vegetative stage of growth in all the three crops. The yield in. crease due to inoculation ranged from 12-39 per cent and was comparable to the yields with application of recommended doses of nitrogen fertilizer.

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606 - 610
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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