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CHILEAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Volume 72, Issue 1, Pages 104-110Publisher
INST INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392012000100017
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Co-inoculation; biological N fixation; Pseudomonas spp.; rhizobium; ACC-deaminase; P-enriched compost; nodulation; yield; Lens culinaris
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Maintenance of high bacterial population in the rhizosphere improves the efficiency of these organisms. This high bacterial population can be maintained by the application of enriched compost which supports their growth and activities. Thus integrated use of Rhizobium, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) containing 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase (ACC-deaminase) and P-enriched compost (PEC) could be highly effective for promoting growth, nodulation, and yield of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.). A field study was conducted to evaluate the potential of Rhizobium, PGPR containing ACC-deaminase and PEC for promoting growth of lentil. For this study, the soil type was sandy clay loam soil having pH 7.6; EC (electrical conductivity) 2.8 dS m(-1); organic matter (OM) 0.59%; total N 0.032%; available P 7.9 mg kg(-1), and extractable K 129 mg kg(-1). Treatments were replicated thrice, using randomized complete block (RCB) design. Results showed that the integrated use of R. leguminosarum with Pseudomonas spp. containing ACC-deaminase along with PEC was highly effective and caused up to 73.5, 73.9, 74.4, 67.5, 73.3, 65.8, 40.5, and 52.5% increase in fresh biomass, grain yield, straw yield, pods plant(-1), nodule plant(-1), nodule dry weight plant(-1), 1000-grain weight, and N content in grain of lentil, respectively, as compared to respective control. It is concluded that integrated use of R. leguminosarum with Pseudomonas spp. having trait ACC-deaminase plus PEC would be an effective approach for better nodulation which consequently improved yield of lentil under natural conditions.
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