Influence of microbial culture and their consortia on concentration and uptake of nutrients in Turmeric

Abstract

The present field experiments was undertaken at vegetable research Center, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agriculture university, Parbhani, Maharashtra, India during the Kharif seasons of 2022 and 2023 to study the influence of microbial culture and their consortia on concentration and uptake of nutrients in Turmeric. Ten different treatments combinations were used in the experiments which included different microbial culture and their consortia. The result emerged from field experiments significantly highest the plant and rhizomes nutrients content was reported in treatment T10 i.e. RDF + Azotophos + ZnSB inoculation (Consortium-VII) followed by T8 i.e. RDF + Azotophos + KSB inoculation (Consortium-V). The significantly highest plant and rhizome Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium uptake was reported in treatment T10 i.e. RDF + Azotophos + ZnSB inoculation (Consortium-VII) followed by T9 i.e. RDF + Azotophos + SSB inoculation (Consortium-VI). The plant and rhizome Zn, Fe, Mn and Cu uptake was significantly highest in treatment T10 i.e. RDF + Azotophos + ZnSB inoculation (Consortium-VII). Study concludes that recommended dose of fertilizers with microbial consortia helped in improving yield and quality of turmeric grown in Vertisol.