Non-Edible Oil Cakes as Organic Amendment for the Growth of Cenchrus setigerus and its Effect on Naturally Occurring Azospirillum in the Rhizosphere

Kalpana Arora, Abhishek Sharma, Garima Tiwari, Kanika khanna, Vaibhav Yadav, Satyawati Sharma

Abstract


The present study was carried out to investigate the integrated effect of non-edible oil cakes with reduced dose of urea on yield and fodder value of Cenchrus setigerus along with gene expression of rhizospheric Azospirillum. Maximum yield of 23.75 t/ha was obtained when 75 % of nitrogen required by the grass was provided by Neem cake and rest by urea. Fodder value in terms of acid detergent fibre, neutral detergent fibre and crude proteins were also significantly (P<0.05) affected by the treatments. The population of free-living Azospirillum in the rhizopheric soil was directly proportional to the amount of cakes applied in soil. With Urea alone, the nifH and ntrC gene activity was found to downregulated by 1.5 and 4.0 folds respectively but integration of cakes (both Jatropha and neem cake) upregulated the nifH and ntrC gene expression.

Keywords


Non-edible Oil Cakes; Urea; PCR; ; Nif Genes; Upregulation; Downregulation

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