INFLUENCE OF MICROBIAL FERTILIZERS ON MORPHOLOGICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND VALUABLE ECONOMIC CHARACTER OF CHICKPEA (CICER ARIETINUM L.)

A field experiment was conducted to study the effects of Rhizobium 3 , Rhizobium 9 and PlantaStim microbial fertilizers on the morphological, physiological and valuable economic characters of chickpea (Сicer arietinum L.). All samples treated with microbial fertilizers showed positive results compared to the control variation. Efficiency of Rhizobium 3, among the microbial fertilizers, was higher. In the chickpea samples, treatment with Rhizobium 3 increased the total chlorophyll content by 14.91%, carotenoid content by 20%, plant biomass by 31.39%, grain number by 19.37%, productivity by 27.25%, total protein content by 25.29%, and amount of nodule by 2.07 times, compared to the control variation.