A Review: Usage of Biofertilizer in Cereal Crops
Bishnupriya Patra *
Department of Agronomy, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, India.
Jagdev Singh
Department of Agronomy, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Productivity of crops under various abiotic stress conditions can be increased through the application of suitable fertilizer levels along with biofertilizers. Nitrogen is one of the most important mineral nutrients for plants, influencing growth but the application of increased doses of N increases cost of production. Thus, there is a need to economies the nitrogen dose for various crops. Use of biofertilizer inoculation is one way to save the nitrogen level in crops and it will help in reducing the cost of production as biofertilizer is a cheap source of nitrogen.
Keywords: Biofertilizers, nitrogen, growth, yield, quality, economics.