Effect of bioinoculants on seed germination and seedling growth of Solanum viarum Dunal
KRISHNA KUMARI, SHRIPAD KULKARNI
Abstract
Solanum viarum is an endangered medicinal plant found throughoutIndia and mainly used in pharmaceutical industries for differentmedicines.The experiment was conducted with eight bioinoculantstreatments viz, T1(Control), T2 (Trichoderma asperellum), T3(Trichoderma pulvinatum), T4 (Pacelomycis lilacinus), T5(Trichoderma harzianum), T6 (Bacillus subtilis), T7(Pseudomonasfluorescens), T8 (GA3). The results showed that T. harzianum (T5)has given the significantly higher germination per cent (91.67 %),germination capacity (92.67 %), mean daily germination (1.53) andgermination value (15.32) followed by treatment P. fluorescens (T7),T. pulvinatum (T3) and GA3 (T8). Seedling growth in nursery wasrecorded significantly higher in P. fluorescens (T7) for plant height(23.87 cm), root length (10.60 cm), plant collar diameter (2.80 mm),number of leaves (11.13), dry biomass (2.53 g per plant), volumeindex (187.83), root shoot ratio (0.44), sturdiness index (8.53) andseedling vigour index (3103) and B. subtilis (T6) for plant height (22.20cm), root length (10.67 cm), plant collar diameter (2.63 mm), numberof leaves (9.23), dry biomass (3.00 g/plant), volume index (154.18),root shoot ratio (0.48), sturdiness index (8.44) and seedling vigourindex (2 719.80) followed by GA3(T8), T. pulvinatum (T3).
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