Abstract
The stimulatory effect of rhizotrophic microorganisms on growth, yield and nutrient uptake of chickpea was determined in a pot experiment using sterilised soil deficient in available phosphorus (P). Plant vigour, yield and nutrient uptake were significantly enhanced following inoculation with Mesorhizobiumciceri and the phosphate solubilising bacterium Serratia (T1) or phosphate solubilising fungus Penicillium (WF6). Composite application of Mesorhizobiumciceri with Serratia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomusfasciculatum had maximum positive effect on chickpea plants (0.68 and 2.21 g/plant at 50 and 90 days after sowing, respectively). Among all the treatments, the performance of M. ciceri with Serratia and G. fasciculatum and M. ciceri with Penicillium and G. fasciculatum was superior and increased the seed yield by 41 and 23%, respectively. The interactive effects were synergistically significant following inoculation of M. ciceri with Serratia and G. fasciculatum and Serratia with Penicillium and G. fasciculatum, which improved the photosynthetic pigment by 47 and 37%, respectively, relative to the control. Protein content in seeds varied between 18 and 24% in inoculated chickpea. Number of nodules formed per plant was higher at 90 days after sowing than 55 days after sowing. Phosphorus status of soil was improved by Serratia coinoculated with M. ciceri and G. fasciculatum but N content in general did not differ appreciably. At 90 days after sowing chickpea, there was an increase in (i) populations of phosphate solubilising microorganisms in some treatments, (ii) percentage root infection and (iii) spore density of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in the soil.
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Claim · model-written summary
Plant vigour, yield and nutrient uptake of chickpea were significantly enhanced by inoculation with Mesorhizobium ciceri and the phosphate solubilising bacterium Serratia (T1) or phosphate solubilising fungus Penicillium (WF6).
- Taxon
- chickpea
Cicer arietinumt0 - Treatment
- inoculation with Mesorhizobiumciceri and the phosphate solubilising bacterium Serratia (T1) or phosphate solubilising fungus Penicillium (WF6)e0
- Interactor
- Mesorhizobiumcicerie0symbiont
- Second interactor
- Serratia (T1)e0other
- Outcome
- Plant vigour, yield and nutrient uptakee0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plant vigour, yield and nutrient uptake were significantly enhanced following inoculation with Mesorhizobiumciceri and the phosphate solubilising bacterium Serratia (T1) or phosphate solubilising fungus Penicillium (WF6)”
t0“chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Composite application of Mesorhizobium ciceri with Serratia and Glomus fasciculatum had the maximum positive effect on chickpea, 0.68 g/plant at 50 days after sowing.
- Taxon
- chickpea plantsCicer arietinume0
- Treatment
- Composite application of Mesorhizobiumciceri with Serratia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomusfasciculatume0
- Interactor
- Mesorhizobiumcicerie0symbiont
- Second interactor
- Glomusfasciculatume0symbiont
- Outcome
- maximum positive effecte0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 0.68e0
- Qualifier
- at 50 and 90 days after sowinge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Composite application of Mesorhizobiumciceri with Serratia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomusfasciculatum had maximum positive effect on chickpea plants (0.68 and 2.21 g/plant at 50 and 90 days after sowing, respectively)”
Claim · model-written summary
Composite application of Mesorhizobium ciceri with Serratia and Glomus fasciculatum had the maximum positive effect on chickpea, 2.21 g/plant at 90 days after sowing.
- Taxon
- chickpea plantsCicer arietinume0
- Treatment
- Composite application of Mesorhizobiumciceri with Serratia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomusfasciculatume0
- Interactor
- Mesorhizobiumcicerie0symbiont
- Second interactor
- Glomusfasciculatume0symbiont
- Outcome
- maximum positive effecte0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 2.21 g/plante0
- Qualifier
- at 50 and 90 days after sowinge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Composite application of Mesorhizobiumciceri with Serratia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomusfasciculatum had maximum positive effect on chickpea plants (0.68 and 2.21 g/plant at 50 and 90 days after sowing, respectively)”
Claim · model-written summary
M. ciceri with Serratia and G. fasciculatum increased chickpea seed yield by 41%.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Treatment
- M. ciceri with Serratia and G. fasciculatume0
- Interactor
- G. fasciculatume0symbiont
- Second interactor
- M. cicerie0symbiont
- Outcome
- seed yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 41e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the performance of M. ciceri with Serratia and G. fasciculatum and M. ciceri with Penicillium and G. fasciculatum was superior and increased the seed yield by 41 and 23%, respectively”
t0“chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
M. ciceri with Penicillium and G. fasciculatum increased chickpea seed yield by 23%.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Treatment
- M. ciceri with Penicillium and G. fasciculatume0
- Interactor
- G. fasciculatume0symbiont
- Second interactor
- M. cicerie0symbiont
- Outcome
- seed yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 23%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the performance of M. ciceri with Serratia and G. fasciculatum and M. ciceri with Penicillium and G. fasciculatum was superior and increased the seed yield by 41 and 23%, respectively”
t0“chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Synergistic inoculation with M. ciceri, Serratia and G. fasciculatum improved the photosynthetic pigment by 47% relative to the control.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Treatment
- inoculation of M. ciceri with Serratia and G. fasciculatume0
- Interactor
- G. fasciculatume0symbiont
- Second interactor
- M. cicerie0symbiont
- Outcome
- photosynthetic pigmente0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Value
- 47e0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The interactive effects were synergistically significant following inoculation of M. ciceri with Serratia and G. fasciculatum and Serratia with Penicillium and G. fasciculatum, which improved the photosynthetic pigment by 47 and 37%, respectively, relative to the control”
t0“chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Synergistic inoculation with Serratia, Penicillium and G. fasciculatum improved the photosynthetic pigment by 37% relative to the control.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Treatment
- Serratia with Penicillium and G. fasciculatume0
- Interactor
- G. fasciculatume0symbiont
- Second interactor
- Penicillium
Penicilliume0other - Outcome
- photosynthetic pigmente0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Value
- 37%e0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The interactive effects were synergistically significant following inoculation of M. ciceri with Serratia and G. fasciculatum and Serratia with Penicillium and G. fasciculatum, which improved the photosynthetic pigment by 47 and 37%, respectively, relative to the control”
t0“chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed protein content varied between 18 and 24% in inoculated chickpea.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinume0
- Organ / stage
- seedse0
- Treatment
- inoculatede0
- Outcome
- Protein contente0
- Value
- between 18 and 24%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Protein content in seeds varied between 18 and 24% in inoculated chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
The number of nodules per chickpea plant was higher at 90 days after sowing than at 55 days after sowing.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Outcome
- Number of nodules formed per plante0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- 55 days after sowinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Number of nodules formed per plant was higher at 90 days after sowing than 55 days after sowing”
t0“chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil phosphorus status was improved by Serratia coinoculated with M. ciceri and G. fasciculatum.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Treatment
- Serratia coinoculated with M. ciceri and G. fasciculatume0
- Interactor
- G. fasciculatume0symbiont
- Second interactor
- M. cicerie0symbiont
- Outcome
- Phosphorus status of soile0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Phosphorus status of soil was improved by Serratia coinoculated with M. ciceri and G. fasciculatum”
t0“chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil N content in general did not differ appreciably among treatments.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Outcome
- N contente0
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede0
- Qualifier
- in general did not differ appreciablye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“N content in general did not differ appreciably”
t0“chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
At 90 days after sowing chickpea there was an increase in populations of phosphate solubilising microorganisms in some treatments, percentage root infection and spore density of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in the soil.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinume0
- Interactor
- arbuscular mycorrhizal funguse0symbiont
- Outcome
- populations of phosphate solubilising microorganisms in some treatments, (ii) percentage root infection and (iii) spore densitye0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Qualifier
- At 90 days after sowinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At 90 days after sowing chickpea, there was an increase in (i) populations of phosphate solubilising microorganisms in some treatments, (ii) percentage root infection and (iii) spore density of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in the soil”
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