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Volume 7, Issue 2 (Suppl)

J Ecosyst Ecography, an open access journal

ISSN:2157-7625

September 18-20, 2017

September 18-20, 2017 Toronto, Canada

Joint Conference

International Conference on

Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology

Ecology and Ecosystems

Effect of inoculationwith phosphate solubilizing fungus on growth and nutrient uptake of wheat andmungbean

plants fertilized with tri-calcium phosphate in alkaline soils

Rachana Jain

, Jyoti Saxena

, Vinay Sharma

and

S N Naik

Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

BT Kumaon Institute of Technology, India

Banasthali University, India

hirty-two isolates were recovered from farmland soil samples of the Banasthali region, Rajasthan, India, out of which 16 showed

phosphate solubilizing potential. These microorganisms were further screened based on solubilization efficiency of inorganic

phosphate sources in Pikovskaya agar and broth media containing tricalcium phosphate as an insoluble source of phosphorus.

Isolates S33 showed the highest phosphate solubilizing potential, and later identified as Aspergillus tubingensis, was selected it for

further work. This isolate could solubilize other inorganic forms of phosphorus (P) viz. dicalcium phosphate, ferric phosphate and

Udaipur rock phosphate. The efficiency of Aspergillus tubingensis S33 was further studied in semi- arid soils in a pot experiments to

evaluate the effects of this fungi on the enhancement of P uptake by plants, available P status in the soil, dry matter production and

grain yield of wheat (Triticum aestioum L.) and mung bean (Vigna radiata). Inoculation of A. tubingensis S33 significantly improved

dry matter and grain yield in both crops. In general, there was a significant improvement in P uptake by plants and extractable P

status in the soil. The results suggested that A. tubingensis S33 can play important role in wheat and mungbean growth promotion

and increase in soil available P.

Rachana Jain et al., J Ecosyst Ecography 2017, 7:2 (Suppl)

DOI: 10.4172/2157-7625-C1-029