Vol. 13, Issue 4 (2024)

Author(s):
Chaturvedi Shweta, Vijay Bahadur and Saket Mishra

Abstract:
This study investigated the response of different combinations of biofertilizers on seed germination of karna khatta species of citrus. An experiment was carried out at Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh with an aim to evaluate the effect of different combination of plant growth promoting micro- organism on germination of citrus seeds. The experiment comprised of fourteen treatments replicated thrice. The result showed that the application of various combination of biofertilizers significantly improved the germination and survival percentage. The treatment included (Aspergillus + Photosynthetic Bacteria (7.5 ml each in 100 ml of water) took less days to start germination whereas Photosynthetic bacteria + Pseudomonas (5 ml each in 100 ml of water) showed high germination percentage and combination Aspergillus + Photosynthetic Bacteria+ Pseudomonas (5 ml each in 100 ml of water) reported great survival percentage and less mortality of seeds compared to other treatments.