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Effect of Different Plant Growth Promoting Microbes as Bio-Inoculants on the Growth Improvement of Ailanthus excelsa Seedlings in Nursery


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1 Wildlife Management Circle, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India
2 Division of Forest Protection, Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore, India
     

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In the present study, an attempt was made to determine the effect of commercially available beneficial microbes as bioinoculants on growth enhancement of economically important fast growing indigenous tree species, Ailanthus excelsa in nursery. It was observed that dual application of bio-inoculants was found to be better than single inoculations indicating the synergistic effect. Further, dual combinations involving both Nitrogen fixer and Phosphorus solubilizer/mobilizer were found to be highly effective.

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AM Fungi, Azospirillum, Azotobacter, Phosphobacterium, Ailanthus Excels.
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S. S. Sreedhar
Wildlife Management Circle, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh
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V. Mohan
Division of Forest Protection, Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore
India


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S. S. Sreedhar
Wildlife Management Circle, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India
V. Mohan
Division of Forest Protection, Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore, India

Abstract


In the present study, an attempt was made to determine the effect of commercially available beneficial microbes as bioinoculants on growth enhancement of economically important fast growing indigenous tree species, Ailanthus excelsa in nursery. It was observed that dual application of bio-inoculants was found to be better than single inoculations indicating the synergistic effect. Further, dual combinations involving both Nitrogen fixer and Phosphorus solubilizer/mobilizer were found to be highly effective.

Keywords


AM Fungi, Azospirillum, Azotobacter, Phosphobacterium, Ailanthus Excels.

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