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about 0.76cm, leaf length of about 1.23cm and seed germination rate of about 75%. Chillies

attained its best growth in 3% of T. viride. It showed shoot length of about 6.93cm, leaf width
of about 1.9cm, leaf length of about 3.7cm and seed germination rate of about 83.3%.

Chickpeas when grown using both B. subtilis and T. viride, it has attained its best growth in
2% of Bacillus and Trichoderma (1% +1%). It has a shoot length of bout 22.6cm, leaf width

of about 0.86cm, leaf length of about 3.0cm and seed germination rate of about 58.3%.
Chillies attained its best growth in 3% of Bacillus and Trichoderma (0.5%+0.5%). It showed

shoot length of about 7.2cm, leaf width of about 2.03cm, leaf length of about 4.1cm and seed

germination rate of about 100%. Microbial inoculations significantly influenced the Capsicum
annuum seed germination rate (F12,38=2.303; P < 0.01), fresh and dry weight (F12,38= 6.686 &

5.309; P < 0.00) (Table 2).

Lablab purpureus attained its best growth in 3% of Bacillus, 4% of Trichoderma
and 4% of both Bacillus and Trichoderma. Among this, the more growth was obtained in 4%

of both Bacillus and Trichoderma with shoot length of about 25cm, leaf width of about
7.8cm, leaf length of about 8.5cm and seed germination rate of about 83.3%. Vigna radiata

attained its best growth in 2% of Bacillus, 4% of Trichoderma and 4% of both Bacillus and
Trichoderma. Among this, more growth was obtained in 4% of both Bacillus and

Trichoderma with shoot length of about 19cm, leaf width of about 2.03cm, leaf length of

about 5.06cm and seed germination rate of about 91.6%. Microbial inoculations significantly
influenced the Vigna radiata seed germination rate (F12,38=3.740; P < 0.01) and fresh weight of

the plant (F12,38=3.359; P < 0.01) (Table 3). Microbial inoculations significantly influenced the
Lablab purpureus shoot length (F12,38=7.869; P < 0.001), leaf length (F12,38=5.486; P < 0.001)

and width (F12,38=6.369; P < 0.001) & fresh weight (F12,38=4.045; P < 0.01) (Table 4)
Red soil has been chosen for growing the plants and soil analysis has been carried

out. In normal red soil, Nitrogen content is about 0.08%, phosphorus content is about 0.09%

and potassium content is about 0.24%. But when red soil is mixed with Bacillus subtilis,
Trichoderma viride and Coconut water, the nitrogen content is increased to 2.99%,

phosphorus content is about 0.10% and potassium content is about 0.96%. It shows that when

using these organic fertilizers, it makes the soil rich in nutrients. Coconut water promotes
plant growth and enriches the soil. It helps in faster growth of plants. By determining these

growth parameters, both the plants showed their best growth at different proportions and also,
it enriches the soil without affecting the soil fertility. Similar studies was carried out by

various researchers Sreevidya et al. (2017) has done the plant growth promoting ability of
Bacillus sp. on chickpeas. They have concluded that all the isolates were able to increase the

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