requirement to find out new agricultural technologies to obtain
enough good quality yields of crops and also globally limited natural
resources such as fertilizers (Cordell et al., 2009). Plant growth
promoting rhizobacteria produce plant growth-promoting compounds and also play a vital role in the cycling of macro- and
micronutrients by modifying the root morphology, consequently
greater root surface area for the uptake of nutrients within the soil,
and also protect crops against disease (Kumar et al., 2008). Micronutrients such as iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) copper (Cu) and manganese
(Mn) are essential for plants, humans and animals and each plays a
important role in improving human nutrition on a global scale
(Shehata et al., 2010). The objective of our study is to evaluate the
effect of indigenous microbial consortium for the growth, yield and
nutrients content of wheat crop in India