Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Kamble Geetanjali A, PS Wakte, RP Singh and GK Giri

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2017- 18 and 2018-19 at Pulses Research Unit, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola (M.S.) to evaluate the effect of various Mesorhizobium isolates of Chickpea on nodulation and grain yield of chickpea variety JAKI-9218. The experiment comprising of thirty-three treatments including uninoculated control of which thirty-two treatments was of Mesorhizobium isolates which obtained from chickpea root nodules from different villages of saline track of Purna river of Vidarbha (M.S.). Experiment was laid out in randomize block design with three replications. The carrier-based culture of Mesorhizobium isolates were inoculated @ 25 g/kg of seed. Pooled results of the present study revealed that the seed inoculation of Mesorhizobium isolate (ACR-10) recorded higher grain yield (1641 kg/ha) and maximum number of nodulation (28.07 nodules /plant), nodules dry weight (100.94mg/pl) and plant dry weight (4.45g/pl) among all the isolates. Among the total studied strains ACR-10, BCR-35 and BCR-36 were reported as most promising strains and were identified as Mesorhizobium ciceri.