Abstract

N. B. Pawar and N. S. Suryaawanshi*

ABSTRACT

The present investigation was carried out in kharif season, during 2015 and 2016 at research farm, ‘Rayat Shikshan Sanstha’s, M.P.A.S.C. College Panvel, District- Raigad (Maharashtra), India. To observed the effect of different biofertilizers on growth and yield parameters on Paddy (Oryza sativa L. cv. Jaya). The experimental farm was geographically situated at 18°, 59” 40' N latitude and 73°, 06' 50” E longitude at an altitude of 28 meters above mean sea level.The experiment was laid out in RBD replicated thrice with twelve treatmentsi.e.(T0) Control (without fertilizer), (T1) Chemical fertilizer(19:19:19,) (T2) Blue green algae,(T3) Azospirillum brasilense, (T4) Bacillus megaterium, (T5)Trichoderma viride,(T6) Mycorrhizae, (T7) Pseudomonas aeruginosa,(T8)T2+T7,(T9)T2+ T6, (T10) T3+T4, and (T11) T3+T4+T7. RDC fertilizer was applied in three splitted doses. The first dose, consisting of 1/3 the normal dose, was applied before transplantation; the second 1/3 at the time of tillering; arid the last 1/3 at the panicle initiation phase. The study revealed the growth parameters like shoot length, root length, and dry matter production at various stages of growth in Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) cv. Jaya were favorably influenced by biofertilizers treatment. Overall results suggest that combine effect of Biofertilizers improves vegetative and reproductive growth of Paddy (Oryza sativa L. cv. Jaya)”.