Effect of liquid biofertilizer on physiological differentiation in chickpea (Cicer arietinum), cowpea (Vigna Uungiculata L.) and leafy vegetable coriander (Coriandrum sativum)

Abstract

To study the influence of biofertilizer on the growth of chickpea, cowpea and coriander. Biofertilizers are natural fertilizes which are living microbial organic fertilizers of bacteria, algae, fungi alone or in combination where they augment the availability of nutrients to the plants. Treatments like T1LB1 Control, T2LB2 (Soil+10% Liquid Biofertilizer), T3LB3 (Soil+ 20% Liquid Biofertilizer), T4LB4 (Soil+30% Liquid Biofertilizer) and T5LB5 (Soil+ 40% Liquid Biofertilizer), T6LB6 (Soil+ 50% Liquid Biofertilizer), T7LB7 (Soil+ 60% Liquid Biofertilizer), T8BA8 (Soil+ 70% Liquid Biofertilizer), T9LB9 (Soil+ 80% Liquid Biofertilizer) and T10LB10 (Soil+ 90% Liquid Biofertilizer). Biochemical chemical parameters like chlorophyll pigment composition, Specific leaf area, Stomatal frequency, Relative water content and Relative humidity. Germination percentage was noticed for each treatment. Randomly selected seedlings from each treatment were transplanted in pots containing same treatments as in trays. Various growth parameters like root length, Shoot height, plant height, leaves number, total plant biomass and total dry weight were recorded for each treatment. Germination percentage was found the maximum at T8BL8 compared to control. There was a significant increase found under increase of liquid bio fertilizer dose on different crops by assessing significant difference in growth all the growth parameters, among different treatments T8BL8 showed better performance compared to control under treatment duration. In this context, liquid biofertilizers would be the viable option for farmers to increase productivity.