“…Since then there have been various reports on counting and selection of, and plant inoculation with phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (Bajpai and Sundara Rao, 1972;Banik and Dey, 1981;E1 Gibaly et al, 1977;Kabesh et al, 1975;Leyval and Berthelin, 1983;Louw and Webley, 1958;Raghu and MacRae, 1966;Ralson and McBride, 1976;Sperber, 1958;Swaby and Sperber, 1958). Varied effects of such inoculations have been observed in term of presence of available P in the soil (Azcon et al, 1976), plant growth and P nutri-11 tion.…”