Table 3.
Evaluation of Rhizobium sp. IC 59 and Pseudomonas sp. CDB 35 on disease incidence, growth and nodulation of chickpea (ICCV2) infected with S. rolfsii
| Treatments | Disease incidence (%) | Shoot weight (mg) | Root weight (mg) | Nodules (per plant) | Nodule weight (mg) (per plant) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control* + SC | 83 | 396 | 145 | 2 | 2 |
| Control + SP | 80 | 286 | 121 | 2 | 1 |
| Captan + SC + IC 59 | 67 | 688 (0) | 285 | 11 | 4 |
| Captan + SP + IC 59 | 47 | 1038 (0)a | 293 | 13 | 7 |
| Pseudomonas sp. CDB 35 + IC 59 + SC | 53 | 939 (31) | 207 | 7 | 5 |
| Pseudomonas sp. CDB 35 + IC 59 + SP | 47 | 1070 (3)a | 261 | 20 | 34 |
| Mean | 63 | 767 | 193 | 9 | 10 |
| LSD | 43 | 631.5 | 219 | 7.56 | 30.9 |
| CV% | 24 | 63.6 | 58.4 | 64 | 352 |
Values in parentheses are per cent increase over fungicide treatment captan by SC/SP methods
Control* where only sterilized peat was applied without any bacterial inoculum, IC strain name of rhizobia used in the study, SC seed coating, SP seed priming, RP rock phosphate
aMeans are significantly different by SC and SP method at P = 0.05 when compared by LSD