EFFECT OF MICROBIAL INOCULANTS ON SOIL QUALITY, GROWTH AND YIELD OF PEA PLANTSimmi Goel and Yasmeen BanoAbstract The research work was conducted to study the effect of eight treatments of biofertilizers i.e. control, Rhizobium, Phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB), Azotobacter, PSB + Azotobacter, Rhizobium + Azotobacter, Rhizobium + PSB and Rhizobium + PSB + Azotobacter on soil quality, growth and yield attributes of pea plant. The soil characteristics like moisture content, organic carbon, available nitrogen, phosphorous content were significantly improved in T8 treatment. Based on the mean performance, plants treated with microbial consortium of Rhizobium + PSB + Azotobacter (T8) showed significantly highest shoot, plant height, plant biomass, pod length, number of seeds per pod and weight of seeds. From the present research work, it has been proved that the application of biofertilizers seems to be beneficial for improved growth and yield of pea plant. |