Influence of Bacterial Inoculation on Growth and Plant Nutrition of Peach Grafted in Different Rootstocks in Calcareous Soil

The highly calcareous soil limits plant growth parameters due to inadequate uptake of nutrients. Calcareous conditions affect through impaired chlorophyll synthesis, root growth, enzyme and nutrient uptake. To overcome the negative effect soil, six bacterial strains namely Alcaligenes 637Ca, Agrobacterium A18, Staphylococcus MFDCa1, MFDCa2, Bacillus M3, Pantoea FF1 were inoculated in one-year-old plants peach cultivar ‘Elegant Lady’ grafted onto GF677 Nemaguard rootstocks. treatments observed improve content compared control. Moreover, rootstock was be more tolerant high than Nemaguard, showing better content. At rootstocks, largest leaf area upon inoculation with MFDCa2 (29.1 cm2), (28.8 M3 (28.1 whereas at rootstock, highest MFDCa1 (34.7 (32.6 637Ca (31.5 cm2). iron higher In measured (133.49 mg kg–1) (127.64 kg–1), (131.51 (131.21 (127.72 (127.68 resulted results indicate that inoculations have a significant potential can used as biofertilizers for conditions.