Growth and Yield of Okra Exposed to a Consortium of Rhizobacteria with Different Organic Carriers under Controlled and Natural Field Conditions

Crop yields, soil fertility, and quality decline due to the overuse of chemical fertilizers other agrochemicals. The damaging effects these agrochemicals on environment can be minimized by integration with eco-friendly approaches, i.e., biofertilizers. These biofertilizers containing plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, (PGPR) not only solubilize mineral nutrients for crop uptake but also release phytohormones their growth improvements. objective this research is use PGPR’s capacity promote in order increase okra production. For purpose, different organic carriers were used, Press mud, Charcoal, Biochar, Peat, Compost inoculation. Before being used as a consortium various carrier materials, pre-isolated characterized PGPR strains (AN-35, ZM-27, ZM-63) tested compatibility against one another. applied following treatments, T0: (control), T1: PGPR, T2: Peat + T3: Pressmud+ T4: T5: Charcoal T6: Biochar present pot field studies. Under experiment, results depicted that all treatments showed significant growth, nutrient contents, yield along increasing microbial biomass treatment peat caused maximum increase. Similarly, experiment under attributes, was found (T2). Therefore, study recommends studied suitable develop carrier-based sustainable