Effect of microbial inoculants on Growth and Yield of bhendi [Abelmoschus esculentus(L.)Moench] in field trial.

An experiment was conducted in agriculture field, Karaikal during the season of JuneSeptember to observe the efficacy of isolated bacterial endophytes from the roots of bhendi as microbial inoculants in seeds on growth, yield and some biochemical constitutions of bhendi cv. Arkaanamika [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench] and the results revealed that the height of plant, number of branches, number of leaves, number of flowers, number of fruits, fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter and yield/plot were recorded maximum in T7and proved that the application of microbial inoculants and their combinations with inorganic fertilizers significantly influenced the growth, yield, quality and biochemical contents of bhendi. The combined application rates of 75% Chemical fertilizer with Azospirillum braziliense and Pseudomonas fluorescens gave the best performance of bhendi compared to other treatments. From the results, microbial inoculants willreduce the farmer’s budget for crop fertilization and inclusion of organic fertilizer in the combination will surely ensure production of crop under a less polluted environment.