College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal-795 004, India.
Among biofertilisers, Azotobacter is generally used in any non-legume crop. It could give good response to many cereal crops in their growth and development. Azotobacter inoculation enhanced seed germination of rice, maize, wheat, jowar, etc. The nitrogen requirement of cereal crops could be reduced by Azotobacter inoculation.
