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Utilizing bioformulation to increase root colonization, soil fertility, and productivity of chilli (Capsicum annuum L.)

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Utilizing bioformulation to increase root colonization, soil fertility, and productivity of chilli (Capsicum annuum L.)

Nazia Parveen, Farzana Kouser, Ali Asghar Shah, Shreekar Pant, Rifat Azam, Gurdev Chand, Rana Pratap Singh
Int. J. Biosci.25( 3), 1-11, September 2024.
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Key: BioformulationChilliColonizationMicrobial inoculateRhizosphereSoil health

Abstract

Microbes have the capability to colonize the rhizosphere of the plants and trigger its growth by different mechanisms. This study investigated the ability of microbial bioformulations application in pot culture study for better colonization in the root zone, that increase soil fertility which enhance the growth of chilli (Capsicum annuum L.). Pot experiments containing exogenously applied microbial inoculates immobilized in talc+gluten-based carrier material was conducted for the study at two different locations. Among all the treatments bioformulation containing microbial consortia immobilized in carrier material showed enhanced shoot length (52%), root length (128.55%), shoot biomass (144.95%), root biomass (134.1%) and productivity in terms of fruit number (148%) and fruit biomass (60.8%) over non-treated control plants. Results further depicted that microbial colonization (8.4 log10 bacteria and 7.4 log10 fungi) and enzymatic activity in rhizospheric soil were found increased i.e., 89.6% for alkaline phosphatase and 542% for microbial biomass carbon by the application of bioformulation as compared to the control. The soil physio-chemical attributes like organic matter (69.2%), available nitrogen (221%), phosphorus (788%) and potassium (15.7%) were also increased post-harvest over the pre-sowing soil by application of this bioformulation. The study suggests that carrier based microbial bioformulation can improve the growth and productivity of chilli along with higher rhizospheric colonization of the beneficial microbes and soil health. Hence, it can be a promising substitute of chemical fertilizers with multiple economic and ecological benefits during the chilli cultivation.

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