Department of Agricultural Microbiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560 065
Online published on 19 December, 2013.
Azotobacter chroococcum, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus megaterium were used as inoculants as granular formulations to evaluate their effect on plant height, number of leaves, root dry weight, shoot dry weight and total biomass of the finger millet (Eleusine coracana). Rice granular formulation with and without application of NPK was found effective for growth of finger millet.
Microbial consortium, Granular formulations, Nutrients, Plant growth parameters
