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Comparative efficacy of phosphorous supplements with phosphate solubilizing bacteria for optimizing wheat yield in calcareous soils

Scientific Reports, ISSN: 2045-2322, Vol: 12, Issue: 1, Page: 11997
2022
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Phosphorus (P) deficiency is the main hurdle in achieving sustainable crop production ps especially in calcareous soils. Using bio-fertilizers like phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) could be a useful approach for sustainable P management as they improve P availability in soil via dissolution, desorption and mineralization reactions. In addition, application of organic amendments with PSB could further ameliorate soil conditions for sustainable management of immobilized nutrients in calcarious soils. Therefore, we performed pot experiment to study the role of PSB in nullifying antagonistic effects of liming (4.78, 10, 15 and 20%) on P availability from poultry manure (PM), farm yard manure (FYM), single super phosphate (SSP) and rock phosphate (RP) in alkaline soils. PSB inoculation improved wheat growth, P availability and stimulated soil acidification over control regardless of P sources and lime levels. Soil calcification adversely affected plant growth, P nutrition, induced soil salinity and alkalinity, however, PSB and manures application potentially nullified such harmful effects over mentioned traits. Individually, organic sources were superior than mineral sources however, the performance of mineral fertilizers with PSB was at par to sole application of manures. Furthermore, application of RP with PSB proved as effective as sole SSP. Therefore, using PSB as bio-fertilizer has huge potential for improving P availability in calcareous soils.

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Adnan, Muhammad; Fahad, Shah; Saleem, Muhammad Hamzah; Ali, Baber; Mussart, Maria; Ullah, Rafi; Amanullah; Arif, Muhammad; Ahmad, Manzoor; Shah, Wajid Ali; Romman, Muhammad; Wahid, Fazli; Wang, Depeng; Saud, Shah; Liu, Ke; Harrison, Matthew Tom; Wu, Chao; Danish, Subhan; Datta, Rahul; Muresan, Crina Carmen; Marc, Romina Alina

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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