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Large scale production of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on finger millet
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| Application / Use: | For use as VAM inoculum in crop nursery and in filed crops. Benefits derived are improvement in plant growth, soil fertility, reduction in inorganic dose of fertilizers. | |
| Input Needed: | on-farm development. Raw material soil:sand mixture or soil rite , starter culture, finger millet (Ragi –Eleusine coracana) | |
| Output Capacity: | 3 to 4 tons of inoculum per 5 meter square area | |
| Specific Benefits: | Improvement in soil fertility, Plant growth. Phosphorus availability will be more | |
| Unit Cost: | Rs 3/kg of VAM produced. If we use soilrite :cocopeat mixture cost will be Rs 15/kg | |
| Description: | It is soil based inoculum. VAM fungi is multiplied on finger millet root and soil the spores of the fungus along with the colonized roots are harvested and used as inoculum. | |
| Developed By: | Dr. Sukhada Mohandas | |
| Contact Person: | Director, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessarghatta Lake, Bangalore-560 089 Tel: 080-28466420-24 (ext. 200); Fax: 080-28466291; email: E-mail: director@iihr.ernet.in | |
| Institute: | IIHR,Banglore | |