Morbagilu Nagabhushana, P., Muthuraju, R., Krishna T.V., Sagar S.P. and Jagadeesh, U.
Abstract
Field bean (Lablab purpureus L.) is an important leguminous vegetable of India. Inoculation of this crop with beneficial soil microbiota can sustainably improve its production. In this experiment the effect of Rhizobium sp., Bacillus megatherium and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) co-inoculation on growth and yield of field bean under field condition is evaluated. Field bean variety H4 was inoculated with Rhizobium, Bacillus megatherium and Funneliformis mosseae. The treatments were subjected to three fertilizer levels. At the time of flowering and harvest, plants were measured for nodulation, spore load of AM fungi, growth parameters, plant nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P). Remarkably, the treatments which were inoculated with all the microbial bioinoculants showed significantly pïâ£0.05 increased growth attributes, yield attributes and microbial activity in the field bean rhizosphere. Inoculation with microbial consortia resulted to highest microbial activity influenced in growth and yield attributes of field bean.