1Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India
2Senior Scientist, ICAR-National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology, 12 Regent Park, Kolkata-700040, India
3Kalyan Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Purulia, West Bengal, India
4Majhian Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dakshin, Dinajpur, West Bengal, India
*Corresponding author: drdebprasadray@gmail.com
Online published on 27 February, 2017.
In this study water hyacinth and pineapple fermentation wastes were treated with 0%, 5% and 10% rock phosphate and inoculated by three different P-solubilizing fungi individually and in dual culture with cellulolytic fungus Tricodermaressi. Results indicated that the dual inoculation of phosphorus solubilizing fungus and cellulolytic fungus and carbon substrates (water hyacinth and pineapple) can increase water soluble and citrate soluble P and provide the best alternative method of using poor graded rock phosphate in the soil.
P-solubilizing fungi, tricoderma reesi, water hyacinth
