Inoculum                                                             Months 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 24 Azosp (L) 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 Azosp (S) 9.0 8.0 7.0 5.0 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Azoto (L) 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 Azoto (S) 8.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil P.S.M (L) 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 P.S.M (S) 9.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.0 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil K.M.B (L) 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 K.M.B (S) 8.0 8 .0 8.0 7.0 5.0 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Rhizo (L) 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 5.0 Nil Nil Nil Rhizo (S) 9.0 8.0 8.0 7.0 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil

Table 1: Liquid Inoculum Vs Carrier based Inoculum -Shelf life; Source: Chandra et. al. 2004, Biofertilizer vision 2004; L-Liquid (Liquid formulation without preservative was used); S-Solid (lignite carrier mesh size 150 micron, pre-sterilized in autoclave used).