Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
YR Govekar, LS Khapre, SV Deshmukh, SS Bhure and SN Pawar

Abstract:
The field experiment has been conducted for one year to study the effects of different bioinoculants on growth attributes of Cashew grafts. The combine effects of application of bioinoculants such as Azotobacter and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB) in a potting mixture significantly shows improvement in growth components such as graft survival, number of leaves, number of shoot, height and girth of the plant as well as root length of the cashew grafts. The microbial population such as bacterial population and fungal population was significantly higher in combine treatments of bioinoculants which may be involved in increase in growth attributes of the grafts. However the Actinomycetes population did not significantly influenced by different treatments. The treatments containing Trichoderma as a biocontrol agent also did not significantly control the Anthracnose disease of the mango grafts during the whole year.