Nursery practice on seed germination and seedling growth of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Dalbergia sissoo</Emphasis> using beneficial microbial inoculants |
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Authors: | B M Khan M K Hossain M A U Mridha |
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Institution: | (1) Directorate of Weed Science Research, Dharawad Centre, Main Agriculture Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharawad, 580 005, Karnataka, India;(2) College of Agriculture, Bijapur, Dharwad, 586101, Karnataka, India |
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Abstract: | Nursery practice using microbial inoculants was performed to find out the efficacy of the inoculants on seed germination and
seedling growth of sissoo (Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.). Microbial inoculants or effective microorganisms (EM) are a mixture of many different beneficial microorganisms in
a solution. The seedlings were grown in a mixture of sandy soil and cowdung (3:1) kept in polybags with pouring EM solution
at different concentrations (0.1%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 5% and 10%) before and after a week of sowing the seeds. Seed germination
rate and growth parameters of seedlings were measured, such as, shoot and root length, vigor index, fresh and dry weight of
shoot and root and total biomass increment. The nodulation status influenced by EM was also observed along with the measurement
of pigment contents in leaves. The highest germination rate (69%) was observed in 2% EM treatment, followed by 67% and 65%
in 1% and 5% EM. The highest shoot length (33.2 cm) was in 2% EM, whereas highest root length (26.3 cm) was in 1% EM. Both
fresh and dry weights from shoot and root, were maximum (4.16 g and 1.57 g; 2.12 g and 0.83 g respectively) in 2% EM and were
significantly (p ≤ 0.05) different from control. Vigor index was highest (4071) in 2% EM, which was significantly (p ≤ 0.05) different from control. Total dry weight increment was highest in 2% EM treatment, followed by 1% and 5% concentrations
of EM. Nodulation number was higher at very low (0.1%) concentration of EM solution but it normally decreased with the increase
of EM concentrations. The contents of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and carotenoid were highest (60.11, 17.05 and 42.48 mg·L−1 respectively) in 2% EM treatment and lowest (39.35, 13.55 and 27.29 mg·L−1 respectively) in control treatment. Therefore, low concentration of EM (up to 2%) can be used for getting maximum seed germination
rate and seedling development of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. |
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Keywords: | Dalbergia sissoo Roxb microbial inoculants(EM) germination rate seedling growth leaf's pigment nodulation status |
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