**Department of Vegetable Crops, PAU, Ludhiana-141 004, India.
Department of Microbiology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 141 004, India
*Part of M. Sc. Thesis of the first author.
The present study was undertaken to obtain cultivar and area specific rhizobia for pea. Soil samples were collected and analysed for soil characteristics. Six isolates AC-1 to AC-6 for Rhizobium isolated from 3 different varieties grown in soils of Amritsar belt were screened and tested for legume-Rhizobium symbiosis along with a reference culture with three varieties for pea. Variety Arkel interacted best with P-4 for symbiotic parameters and Matar Ageta (MA-6) with AC-1 for leghaemoglobin content, N-content and nitrogenase activity. AC-3 x Arkel, AC-4 x MA-6 and AC-6 x Pu-88 were found to be the best combinations for fresh pod yield of pea.
