EFFECT OF BENEFICIAL MICROORGANISMS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF QUINOA (Chenopodium quinoa. Wild.)
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2019-09-17
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, GKVK BENGALURU
Abstract
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa), called golden grain, is one of the main food crop
of the Andean mountains of Latin America, It is characterized by an outstanding protein
quality and a high content of a range of vitamins and minerals It is cardinal to study the
effectiveness of beneficial microorganisms to maximize the beneficial plant growth
responses. This study was conducted to know the influence of Azotobacter chroococcum,
Bacillus megaterium, Fraturia aurantia, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Glomus
fasciculatum on growth and yield of quinoa under glass house and laboratory conditions
at Department of Agricultural Microbiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK
campus, Bengaluru. Plant growth parameters, like height of the plant, number of leaves,
number of branches, and Plant yield parameters, like panicle length, panicle weight, grain
yield per plant, grain yield kg/ha, test weight of 1000 seeds, was found maximum in
treatment (T17) inoculated with Azotobacter chroococcum + Bacillus megaterium +
Pseudomonas fluorescens and least growth was obtained in uninoculated treatment
(T1)(only RDF). Nutrient content of quinoa seeds like N, P and protein content was
estimated. Maximum N, P and protein content in seeds was found in treatment inoculated
with Azotobacter chroococcum + Bacillus megaterium + Pseudomonas fluorescens and
minimum was found in treatment with uninoculated (only RDF).