we use mycorrhiza to improve nutrient use efficiency and root enhancement, and phosphate solubilizing bacteria to help solubilize the phosphate and make it available to plants. Can both of them be used at same time? Also what is the best season to use them. Thanks in advance.
Yes, quite a possibility to supply P to grwoth of hyphal networking of mycorrhizas...The rhizosphere is regarded as a hotspot for microbial activity and recent studies indicate that this is also the case for the mycorrhizosphere where soil bacteria may attach to extraradical AMF hyphae.AMF and PSB are two key beneficial functional groups that are directly involved in P turnover and subsequent plant P acquisition . Ppositive effects of dual inoculation with AMF and PSB is widely studied with respect to increasing PSB numbers on root surfaces , mycorrhizal colonization rates , and AMF hyphal promoting phosphatase activity...
@ Bikash, yes it can be successfully used simultaneously. We found it very effective in case of wheat and clover when soil inoculated with Glomus mosseae and seed inoculated with Bacillus polymyxa or Pseudomonas striata. Best time for PSB is the inoculation of seed while showing and for VAM it can be used by applying on the roots, through nursery grow bags or by mixing in compost. It can be spread throughout the farming area by mixing it when the seeds are put in the granary, or through the roots while re-planting from the grow bags.
Yes, both are a beneficial microorganisms capable of hydrolyzing organic and inorganic insoluble P compounds to soluble P form that can easily be assimilated by plants. VAM and PSB can be used simultaneously to more enhancement of phosphorus in soil.
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