Use of N and P biofertilizers reduces inorganic phosphorus application and increases nutrient uptake, yield, and seed quality of chickpea

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Idrees, Mike

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Output type: Journal article

Author list: Uddin M., Hussain S., Khan M., Hashmi N., Idrees M., Naeem M., Dar T.

Publisher: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey

Publication year: 2014

Volume number: 38

Issue number: 1

Start page: 47

End page: 54

Number of pages: 8

ISSN: 1300-011X

URL: http://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id:84890203625

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Open access status: bronze

Full text URL: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1573&context=agriculture

Abstract

Leguminous crops suffer severely in soils poor in phosphorus. A 2-factor factorial experiment was conducted in a net-house to explore the effect of graded levels of P fertilizer (0, 30, and 60 kg P ha or P, P, and P, respectively) together with rhizobium (biological nitrogen fertilizer (BNF)) and/or phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (biological phosphorus fertilizer (BPF)) in terms of nutrient uptake, yield, and quality of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Phosphorus was applied as basal dose, while seeds were treated with respective biofertilizer(s) before sowing according to the treatments [BF0 (control), BNF, BPF, and BNF+BPF]. Concerning the main effects, P proved superior or equivalent to P30, while among the biofertilizer treatments, BNF+BPF gave the greatest values for nutrient uptake as well as for yield and quality parameters. The interaction between P levels and biofertilizer treatments was generally significant. 30 kg P ha applied with N and P biofertilizers (P × BNF+BPF) was the most profitable interaction for N uptake as well as for yield and quality characteristics. Compared to P applied alone (P × BF0), P × BNF+BPF resulted in greater N uptake (27.3%), seed yield (21.1%), and the content of seed protein (2.9%) and carbohydrate (5.6%). Furthermore, P × BNF+BPF was statistically equal to P × BNF+BPF with regard to N uptake, seed yield, and protein content as well as for most yield components. Thus, P × BNF+BPF saved 30 kg P ha of the costly inorganic P fertilizer to achieve the greatest crop yield and quality. © TÜBİTAK.

Keywords

Cicer arietinum, Nutrient uptake, Phosphorus levels, Pseudomonas striata, Rhizobium ciceri, Seed quality, Yield attributes

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