• K. SIVAKUMAR
• N. SUGAPRIYA

A pot culture experiment was conducted to study the inoculation effect of AM fungi (Glomus fasciculatum) and Phosphobacteria (Bacillus megaterium) on the per cent root colonization, AM fungal spore number and Phosphobacterial population in the rhizosphere soils of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) var PLR 2 at different levels of phosphorus. In all the treatments, G. fasciculatum and Bacillus megaterium inoculated brinjal recorded higher values than uninoculated plants. The root colonization percentage (84.52) and AM fungal spore number (129 100 g-1 soil) in the rhizosphere soil were the highest in 75 per cent phosphorous level followed by 50 per cent phosphorous (71.28, 124.00 spores 100 g-1 soil). The highest number of phosphobacterial population (11.33 × 10-6 Cfu) was recorded by the co-inoculation of G. fasciculatum and B.megaterium at 75 per cent phosphorous levels.

AM Fungi, Phosphobacteria, brinjal cultivation, agricultural produce, etc.

"EFFECT OF AM FUNGI AND PSB INOCULATION ON THE PER CENT ROOT COLONIZATION, AM FUNGAL SPORE NUMBER AND PSB POPULATION IN THE RHIZOSPHERE SOILS OF BRINJAL (SOLANUM MELONGENA L.) ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.466-471, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBP06081.pdf

"EFFECT OF AM FUNGI AND PSB INOCULATION ON THE PER CENT ROOT COLONIZATION, AM FUNGAL SPORE NUMBER AND PSB POPULATION IN THE RHIZOSPHERE SOILS OF BRINJAL (SOLANUM MELONGENA L.) ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp466-471, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBP06081.pdf