Experimental Agriculture

Table of Contents - 1985 - Volume 21, Issue 02  

Research Article

Response of Pearl Millet Cultivars to Inoculation with Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria†

S. P. Wania1, S. Chandrapalaiaha1 and P. J. Darta1

a1 International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru PO, Andhra Pradesh 502 324, India

SUMMARY

The results of field experiments conducted with millet cultivars inoculated with different nitrogen-fixing bacteria at the ICRISAT Centre, Hyderabad, India are described. Significant interactions were observed between host cultivars and bacterial strains, but some cultivars showed consistently increased grain and dry matter yields, suggesting the possibility of exploiting suitable plant and nitrogen-fixing bacterial associations for increasing grain yield. Inoculation also resulted in increased nitrogen uptake up to 14.9 kg ha−1, and larger grain nitrogen contents.

(Accepted September 10 1984)

Footnotes

† ICRISAT Journal Article 416.