GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF CORIANDRUM SATIVUM L. INOCULATED WITH BIOFERTILIZERS-AN INITIAL STUDY

Abstract

Biofertilizers are cheap, eco-friendly, improve soil fertility and plant nutrition within short time, and are effective components in organic farming. The present field study was carried with eight treatments to study the effect of Azospirillum, Phosphobacterium and AM fungus and their combination on primary growth characters coriander. The experiment was conducted in a factorial randomized block design. The collar diameter, plant height and number of leaves were significantly more in treatment with combined inoculation of Azospirillum + Phosphobacterium + AM fungus (T7) than control (T0). The increase in primary growth parameters in treatments with biofertilizers may be due to enhance the uptake of nitrogen, phosphorous and other essential nutrients for the growth of coriander.