Method of Application
Rhizobium culture
- A 10% jaggery (gur) solution is used as a sticker.
Rhizobium +PSB
- Suspend 200g of Rhizobium culture and 250g phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) in 600 ml of water and mix thoroughly.
- Now pour the slurry on 10 kg of seed drop by drop and mix with the hands till the uniform coating of culture is obtained on all seed.
- Addition of molybdenum in the form of Ammonium or Sodium molybdate @3 g/10kg seeds at the time of seed treatment with Rhizobium culture facilitates better nodulation.
- Dry the treated seeds in shade on a clean cloth, paper or polythene sheet and sow then immediately, preferably in the afternoon.
- For obtaining better result and keeping the crop free from seed-borne diseases, like damping-off of seedlings and seedling blight, seeds should be treated with seed dressing fungicides like vitavax power 1.5g or (carbendazim 1.0 g + thiram 1.5g) per kg of seed.
- To avoid root-knot and reniform nematodes infestation, seed should be treated with carbosulfan25 EC @0.2% one week before Rhizobium treatment.