Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during winter (rabi) season of 1991-92 and 1992-93 to study the effect of P, Mo and biofertilizers [Rhizobium and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB)] on growth and yield attributes, yield and nutrient uptake by pea (Pisum sativum L. sensu lato) in a sandy-loam soil under semi-arid and subtropical climatic conditions. Application of P up to 25.8 kgha significantly improved nodulation, plant height, dry-matter accumulation, number of podslplant, seedslpod, seed yield, and N and F uptake by the crop. Moreover, response of seed yield to P was linear in nature. Similarly, addition of 0.5 kg Molha marked enhanced growth, yield attributes and yield of the crop. Seed inoculation with Rhizobium or PSB and the combined inoculation resulted in conspicuous increase in nodulation, nitrogenase activity, growth, yield and nutrient uptake by the crop over no inoculation. However, the increase was more pronounced with the combined inoculation than with the single ones.
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