Impact of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae and phosphorus levels on soil properties and yield of wheat in Aridisol and Inceptisol soils of Haryana
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2023-06
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CCSHAU, Hisar
Abstract
A screen house experiment entitled “Impact of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae and
phosphorus levels on soil properties and yield of wheat in Aridisol and Inceptisol soils of Haryana”
was carried out during Rabi season 2022-2023 in Screen House, Department of Soil Science, CCS
Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. A pot experiment was conducted using wheat (WH-1105) as
test crop and a total of 16 treatments with four levels of phosphorus (0, 30, 45 and 60 kg/ha), each with
and without VAM inoculation. The experiment was laid out in three factorial CRD design with three
replications. In both light and heavy soils, among different levels of applied phosphorus, 60 kg/ha
phosphorus application recorded highest value for grain yield (11.51g/pot), straw yield (13.08 g/pot),
NPK uptake in grain (182.0, 65.7, 63.5 mg/pot, respectively), and straw (72.3, 28.7, 178.4 mg/pot,
respectively), alkaline phosphatase activity (221.22 µg PNP/g soil/h) and dehydrogenase activity (
68.55 µg TPF/g of soil/24 h). However, available N and K content in soil after wheat harvest showed a
declining trend, while P concentration increased with increase in phosphorus levels. With VAM
inoculation percent increase in grain yield (6.24), straw yield (4.42), N uptake in grain (12.22), and
straw (15.86), P uptake in grain (14.90), and straw (19.00), K uptake in gran (12.39), and straw (10.39),
alkaline phosphatase activity (8.01) and dehydrogenase activity (6.84) showed an increasing treand as
compared to uninoculated. The combine application of phosphorus and VAM had more beneficial and
significant effect over alone application of P or VAM in improving wheat yield and soil physico chemical and biological properties. VAM has significant effect in improving the availability of
micronutrients (especially Zn and Fe), which have antagonistic effect with phosphorus. Soil chemical
properties like pH, EC and soil organic carbon were not significantly affected by their combined
application. However VAM, significantly improved the soil physico-chemical properties. The
maximum value of grain and straw yield was recorded by application of P @60 kg/ha along with VAM
inoculation (11.82g/pot), which was found to be at par with grain yield of applied P@45 kg/ha with
VAM inoculation (11.74g/pot).
Overall it can be concluded that heavy soils applied with 45 kg/ha phosphorus with VAM
performed best in respect to yield and improving soil chemical and biological properties of soil.