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Year: 2015, Issue: June

Effect of microbial inoculants on yield performance of sorghum as intercrop in maize under rainfed conditions in Northern Karnataka.
Author:
P. Priya, B. N. Aravind Kumar, J. S. Chandranna, V. C. Patil and N. Krishnamurthy
Keyword:
Sorghum, Microbial inoculants, enzyme activity, VAM fungi, Seed priming.
The effect of microbial inoculants on yield performance of sorghum as intercrop in maize under rainfed conditions in Northern Karnataka on a clay loam soil was studied with various treatment combinations including cropping systems and seed priming treatments during kharif,2007. Among priming treatments, bio-priming (15.28 ?g TPF g soil-1 day-1) and combination of all priming methods (15.16 ?g TPF g soil-1 day-1) recorded significantly higher dehydrogenase activity than farmers practice (13.88 ?g TPF g soil-1 day-1). Similar results were obtained in urease and phosphatase activity and also percent root colonization of VAM fungi. Yield of sorghum in sole cropping (32.94 q ha-1) was higher than in intercropping (19.39 q ha-1). Among the priming treatments, bio-priming (29.48 q ha-1) and combination of all priming methods (29.59 q ha-1) were superior to farmers practice (24.96 q ha-1).

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