International Journal of Plant & Soil Science

The field experiment was conducted in Organic farm of Amity university Noida, Uttar Pradesh, during the kharif season, to evaluate the sole and conjoint effect of biofertilizers and biochar on the yield, growth and productivity of Soybean (Glycine max). The five treatments viz. T₁ (Control), T₂ (Biochar), T₃ (Biochar + Rhizobium), T₄ (Biochar + Azospirillum) and T₅ (Biochar + Rhizobium + Azospirillum) were used. Plant growth parameters like shoot length, root length, number of leaves, pod length, pod girth, plant height, crop yield and soil parameters were observed for the effect of various treatments. Among the all treatments the treatment T₃ (Biochar with Rhizobium) maximum shoot length (52.30), root length (17.30) followed by T₄ (Biochar + Azospirillum) and plant productive are maximum mean of number of pods was recorded in T₃ (Biochar + Rhizobium) i.e. 32.6, whereas minimum (30.1) was recorded in T₁(control) followed by T₄(Biochar + Azospirillum) i.e.32.41, T₅ (Biochar + Rhizobium + Azospirillum) i.e. 31.05 and T₂ (Biochar) i.e.31.31   has shown significant effect on plant growth characters and plant yield. These results indicate that the   conjoint use of biochar and Rhizobium have potential to enhance the crop performance and simultaneously improves the soil properties for sustainable farming without reliance on synthetic agrochemicals.