1Pulses Research Sub Station, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science & Technology – Jammu, Samba 184 121, Jammu & Kashmir, India; E-mail: sudhir20111973@yahoo.com
2Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
An experiment was conducted to study the response of Rhizobium leguminosarum, Glomus mosseae and Pseudomonas fluorescens individually and in different combination with three pea cultivars. All the three pea varieties Rachna, HUDP 16 and HUP 2 responded better with Rhizobium. Dual inoculation with Glomus mosseae resulted in maximum increase in yield of 30% with var. Rachna. Triple inoculation i.e., Rhizobium, Glomus mosseae and Pseudomonas resulted in increase of >44% in grain yield with var. HUDP 16 followed by Rachna (>40%) and HUP 2 (>39%). Glomus mosseae alone was also very effective enhancing >23% in grain yield with var. Rachna followed by >14% with HUDP 16 and 11% with var. HUP 2. Synergistic effect of co-inoculation with Rhizobium and Pseudomonas (PGPR) gave an increase of >33.3% in grain yield of pea with var. Rachna.
Glomus, Interaction, Pea, Pseudomonas, Rhizobium
