Index >> Sulphur Phosphorus and Trace Element Nutrition >> Effect of phosphate-Solubilizing Microorganisms on Various Crops in Some Field Experiments in India

Name of the crop

Oganism

No. of field experiments

No. of experiments showing significant increase

% yield increase over control

Berseem (Trifolium

6

4

10-20

alexandrinum)

3

2

0-14

Maize (Zea mays)

6

1

0-37

Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

12

2

12-31

Rice (Oryza sativa)

Phosphobacterin

1

0

-

Gram (Cicer arietinum)

(Bacillus megatherium)

3

0

-

Arhar (Cajanus cajan)

var. phosphaticum

1

1

-

Urad (Phaseolus aureus)

1

0

16-19

Soybean (Glycine max)

1

0

-

Groundnut (Arachis hypogea)

1

0

-

Potato (Solanum tuberosum)

1

1

10

Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Pseudomonas striata

1

1

9.5

Rice (Oryza sativa)

Bacillus polymyxa

1

1

Potato (Solanum tuberosum)

Pseudomonas striata

1

2

25.0