(Table: 2).
Soil essential nutrient such as available N, P and K were significantly
increased in microbial seed treated pot and field soil in comparison
with the untreated control soil. In case of the pot soil the amount of
available nitrogen (AN) varied from 38.12 kg/ha to 49.47 kg/ha, and all
the treatments showed significant increase compared with untreated
control pot, where the consortia treatment showed maximum amount of AN
(49.47 kg/ha) followed by E. cloacae BHUJPCS-21 (44.74 kg/ha),E. hormaechei BHUJPCS-15 (42.17 kg/ha) and control (38.12 kg/ha).
Available phosphate (AP) was significantly increased in consortia (25.41
kg/ha) followed by the E. hormaechei BHUJPCS-15 (22.14 kg/ha) andE. cloacae BHUJPCS-21 (20.47 kg/ha) in compare with untreated
control (19.98 kg/ha) soil. Available potassium (AK) also significantly
increased in consortia (43.01 kg/ha) than E. cloacaeBHUJPCS-21(41.84 kg/ha) and E. hormaechei BHUJPCS-15 (36.14
kg/ha) in comparison with control (30.35 kg/ha) soil. On the other hand
the available N, P, K of the experimental field also recorded and
observed that the all treatments showed significant increase in the AN
observed in consortia (49.47 kg/ha) followed by E. cloacaeBHUJPCS-21(44.74 kg/ha) and E. hormaechei BHUJPCS-15 (42.17
kg/ha) in comparison with the untreated control (38.12 kg/ha) site.
Consortia treated plot recorded highest amount of AP (25.41 kg/ha)
followed by E. hormaechei BHUJPCS-15 (22.14 kg/ha), E.
cloacae BHUJPCS-21 (20.47 kg/ha) and control (19.98 kg/ha), all three
treated site showed significant increase in AP in compare with untreated
control plot. Available K (AK) observation showed that the maximum AK
was found in consortia (43.01 kg/ha), E. cloacae BHUJPCS-21
(41.84 kg/ha), E. hormaechei BHUJPCS-15 (30.35 kg/ha) and all
three treatments were significantly increased than control plot