List of figures:
Fig.1. Pictures highlights the details of the experimental
sites (Pot and field), test crop (Chickpea/ Cicer arietinum L.
variety P-362) grown with the inoculation of chickpea seed endophytes,
plants were grown on the field at Ratanpur (Babatpur) and on pot trial
was conducted at experimental field of institute of environment and
sustainable development, Banaras Hindu University district Varanasi, of
Uttar Pradesh, India. A- Control (Without inoculation/
treatment), B- T1 (Enterobacter hormaechei BHUJPCS-15
treatment), C- T2 (Enterobacter cloacae BHUJPCS-21
treatment) and D- T3 contain consortia of T1 and T2 organism
treatment.
Fig. 2: Measurement of available soil essential nutrients (N, P
and K) in pot experiment of chickpea rhizosphere soil (Data are the mean
value of different treatments, and the letter a-c showed the level of
significant).
Fig. 3: Measurement of available soil essential nutrients (N, P
and K) in field experiment of chickpea rhizosphere soil (Data are the
mean value of different treatments, and the letter a-c showed the level
of significant).
Fig. 4: Measurement the % of soil essential enzymes activity
increased in pot experiment of chickpea rhizosphere soil then the
untreated control.
Fig. 5: Measurement the % of soil essential enzymes activity
increased in field experiment of chickpea rhizosphere soil then the
untreated control.
Fig. 6. Diagrammatic presentation of the effect of seed
endophytes and its consortia on plant growth and crop production in the
pot trial.
Fig: 7. Diagrammatic presentation of the effect of seed
endophytes and its consortia on plant growth and crop production in
field trial.
Fig: 8. Measurement of the plant pigment (chlorophyll a, b and
total chlorophyll) in the pot experiment.
Fig: 9. Measurement of the plant pigment (chlorophyll a, b and
total chlorophyll) in the field experiment.
Table 1: Microbial plant growth promoting biochemical activity
(T1 and T2 microbial biochemical test was conducted previously Mukherjee
et al., (2020b); and T3 biochemical test for this experiment purpose.