Differential response of kabuli and desi chickpea genotypes towards inoculation with PGPR in different soils

Frontiers in Microbiology

Fauzia Yusuf Hafeez¹  Kauser Abdulla Malik²  Asma eImran³  Muhammad Sajjad Mirza³  Tariq Muhammad Shah⁴ 

[1] COMSATS Institute Information Technology;Forman Christian College University;NIBGE;Nuclear Institute of Agriculture and Biology (NIAB);

关键词: Nitrogen Fixation;    Rhizobium;    nodulation;    PGPR;    chickpea;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmicb.2015.00859

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Pakistan is among top three chickpea producing countries but the crop is usually grown on marginal lands without irrigation and fertilizer application which significantly hampers its yield. Soil fertility and inoculation with beneficial rhizobacteria play a key role in nodulation and yield of legumes. Four kabuli and six desi chickpea genotypes were, therefore, evaluated for inoculation response with IAA-producing Ochrobactrum ciceri Ca-34T and nitrogen fixing Mesorhizobium ciceri TAL-1148 in single and co-inoculation in two soils. The soil type 1 was previously unplanted marginal soil having low organic matter, P and N contents than soil type 2 which was a fertile routinely legume-cultivated soil. The effect of soil fertility status was pronounced and fertile soil on average, produced 31% more nodules, 62% more biomass and 111 % grain yield than marginal soil. Inoculation either with O. ciceri alone or its co-inoculation with M. ciceri produced on average higher nodules (42%), biomass (31%), grains yield (64%) and harvest index (72%) in both chickpea genotypes over non-inoculated controls in both soils. Soil 1 showed maximum relative effectiveness of Ca-34T inoculation for kabuli genotypes while soil 2 showed for desi genotypes except B8/02. Desi genotype B8/02 in soil type 1 and Pb-2008 in soil

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