Department of Agricultural Microbiology, University of Agricultural Science, GKVK, Bengaluru-65
Online published on 1 October, 2014.
Survivability of three plant growth promoting bacteria e.g. Azotobacter chroococcum, Acinetobacter sp. and Pseudomonas fluorescens in alginate beads was tested with different additives and dual inoculant formulations. Maximum survival was recorded in alginate skim milk formulation followed by alginate corn flour and alginate perlite. Minimum survival was recorded in alginate charcoal and alginate lignite formulations.
Survivability, Microbial consortium, alginate beads, encapsulation
