BIOFERTILIZER MEDIATED GROWTH PROMOTION IN JACKFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS L.) CV. CHANDRA: A STUDY ON KSB AND PSEUDOMONAS APPLICATION

An experimental trial investigation on the "Effect of Bio-fertilizers on growth and development of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus L.) cv.Chandra" was undertaken at Instructional farm, Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Jhalawar from 2021-22.The experimental trail incorporated of 9 treatments carried out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 3 replications.The most significant improvements in plant growth attributes like height of the plant (56.98%), rootstock girth (8.09%) and scion girth (7.90%), number of leaves/plant (66.66%), petiole length (8.70%), length of internode (16.80%), number of nodes/plant (36.36%), leaf length (16.33%), leaf width (12.34%) and leaf area (29.88%) were noted in treatment T 8 (KSB, Pseudomonas) (75g each) within different treatments of biofertilizers.This treatment located superior in enhancing the soil attributes consisting organic carbon %, available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content of soil were located dramatically higher from rest of the treatments.Similarly, this treatment had a pronounced moderating response on pH and electrical conductivity of soil.