EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING MICROBES AS BIO-INOCULANTS ON THE GROWTH IMPROVEMENT OF AILANTHUS EXCELSA SEEDLINGS IN NURSERY

摘要

In the present study, an attempt was made to determine the effect of commercially available beneficial microbes as bio-inoculants on growth enhancement of economically important fast growing indigenous tree species, Ailanthus excelsa in nursery. It was observed that dual application of bio-inoculants was found to be better than single inoculations indicating the synergistic effect. Further, dual combinations involving both Nitrogen fixer and Phosphorus solubilizer/ mobilizer were found to be highly effective.