Abstract
Capsicum (Capsicum annum L.) is a common vegetable crop with a wide range of culinary utilization worldwide. In horticultural practices, inoculating the planting medium with a beneficial microbial consortium is a novel approach to cultivating highquality, healthy plants with abundant nutrition. In the following study, inoculation of a selected microbial consortium consisting of PGPR (Azotobacter, Pseudomonas, Fraturia, Azospirillum, and Bacillus spp.) and glycoprotein producing AM fungi (Aculospora logula-15%, Glomus fasciculatum-20%, Glomus intraradices-40%, Gigaspora margarita-15%, and Scutellospora heterogama-10%) was inoculated to the planting medium in beds to raise capsicum plants in a low cost protected cultivation. Plant height, stem girth, fruit weight, fruit diameter, number of fruits per plant, and weight of fruit per plant parameters to be considered in the study. Mycorrhizal root colonization, macro, and micronutrient uptake, and quality yield, were increased the most with multiple microbial inoculations. Treatments revealed that plants inoculated with the multiple microbial consortia increased substantially faster than plants treated with chemical fertilizer (100 % RDF) and control. Maximum yield (742.5 q ha-1) was recorded in treatment Absolute’s consortium PGPR+ AM Fungi along with maximum values of shelf life (7.10 DAS), TSS (Brix0 5.63), the number of fruit/plant (8.20), fruit length (8.5cm), fruit diameter (7. 81cm) and fruit weight (224g) as compared with control and other biological treatments. The best treatment with respect to projected yield was Absolute consortium PGPR + AM fungi followed by control. Based on the various growth and microbiological parameters studied, it was concluded that inoculation with the multiple microbial consortia (Absolute consortium PGPR+AM
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Claim · model-written summary
Multiple microbial inoculations increased mycorrhizal root colonization.
- Treatment
- multiple microbial inoculationse0
- Interactor
- AM fungiGlomeromycotae2symbiont
- Outcome
- Mycorrhizal root colonizatione0
- Direction
- increasede0
CapsicumNot reportedComparator
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e0“Mycorrhizal root colonization, macro, and micronutrient uptake, and quality yield, were increased the most with multiple microbial inoculations”
e1“raise capsicum plants”
e2“glycoprotein producing AM fungi”
Claim · model-written summary
Multiple microbial inoculations increased macro- and micronutrient uptake the most.
- Treatment
- multiple microbial inoculationse0
- Outcome
- macro, and micronutrient uptakee0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Mycorrhizal root colonization, macro, and micronutrient uptake, and quality yield, were increased the most with multiple microbial inoculations”
e1“raise capsicum plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Multiple microbial inoculations increased quality yield the most.
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e0“Mycorrhizal root colonization, macro, and micronutrient uptake, and quality yield, were increased the most with multiple microbial inoculations”
e1“raise capsicum plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Consortium-inoculated capsicum plants grew substantially faster than chemical-fertilizer-treated and control plants.
- Treatment
- multiple microbial consortiae0
- Outcome
- plantse0
- Direction
- increased substantially fastere0
- Comparator
- plants treated with chemical fertilizer (100 % RDF) and controle0
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e0“plants inoculated with the multiple microbial consortia increased substantially faster than plants treated with chemical fertilizer (100 % RDF) and control”
e1“raise capsicum plants”
Claim · model-written summary
The PGPR and AM-fungi consortium gave maximum yield of 742.5 q ha-1.
- Treatment
- Absolute’s consortium PGPR+ AM Fungie0
- Interactor
- AM FungiGlomeromycotae0symbiont
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- Maximume0
- Value
- 742.5 q ha-1e0
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e0“Maximum yield (742.5 q ha-1) was recorded in treatment Absolute’s consortium PGPR+ AM Fungi”
e1“raise capsicum plants”
Claim · model-written summary
The consortium gave maximum shelf life of 7.10 DAS.
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e0“maximum values of shelf life (7.10 DAS)”
e1“raise capsicum plants”
e2“Absolute’s consortium PGPR+ AM Fungi”
Claim · model-written summary
The consortium gave maximum TSS of Brix0 5.63.
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e0“TSS (Brix0 5.63)”
e1“raise capsicum plants”
e2“Absolute’s consortium PGPR+ AM Fungi”
e3“maximum values of shelf life”
Claim · model-written summary
The consortium gave maximum fruit number of 8.20 per plant.
- Treatment
- Absolute’s consortium PGPR+ AM Fungie2
- Outcome
- number of fruit/plante0
- Direction
- maximume3
- Value
- 8.20e0
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e0“the number of fruit/plant (8.20)”
e1“raise capsicum plants”
e2“Absolute’s consortium PGPR+ AM Fungi”
e3“maximum values of shelf life”
Claim · model-written summary
The consortium gave maximum fruit length of 8.5cm.
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e0“fruit length (8.5cm)”
e1“raise capsicum plants”
e2“Absolute’s consortium PGPR+ AM Fungi”
e3“maximum values of shelf life”
Claim · model-written summary
The consortium gave maximum fruit diameter of 7. 81cm.
- Treatment
- Absolute’s consortium PGPR+ AM Fungie2
- Outcome
- fruit diametere0
- Direction
- maximume3
- Value
- 7. 81cme0
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e0“fruit diameter (7. 81cm)”
e1“raise capsicum plants”
e2“Absolute’s consortium PGPR+ AM Fungi”
e3“maximum values of shelf life”
Claim · model-written summary
The consortium gave maximum fruit weight of 224g.
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e0“fruit weight (224g)”
e1“raise capsicum plants”
e2“Absolute’s consortium PGPR+ AM Fungi”
e3“maximum values of shelf life”
Claim · model-written summary
The consortium was ranked best for projected yield, followed by control.
- Treatment
- Absolute consortium PGPR + AM fungie0
- Outcome
- projected yielde0
- Direction
- beste0
- Comparator
- controle0
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e0“The best treatment with respect to projected yield was Absolute consortium PGPR + AM fungi followed by control”
e1“raise capsicum plants”
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