A nursery experiment was conducted during Dec-Jan 2016 and Dec-Jan 2017 to study the response of Arbuscular mycorhizal fungi and bioinoculants for raising sugarcane chip bud seedlings under shade net at Sugarcane Research Station, Melalathur Tamil Nadu. The study was conducted in a randomised block design with three replications and 13 treatments viz., The different treatments included wereT1: Coir pith medium alone(control), T2: Am Fungi 1gm// Chip bud T3: : Am Fungi 1.5gm/ Chip bud T4: : Am Fungi 2 gm/ Chip bud T5: Azophos 1gm/chip bud T6: Azophos 1.5gm/chip bud, T7: Azophos 2gm/chip bud, T8:Pseudomonas flurorescens 0.25gm/chip bud, T9: Pseudomonas flurorescens 0.5gm/chip bud, T10; Pseudomonas flurorescens 0.75gm/chip bud T11: AM fungi 1 g + Azophos 1gm+Pseudomonas flurorescens 0.25gm/chip bud. T12: AM fungi 1 g + Azophos 1.5gm+Pseudomonas flurorescens 0.5gm/chip bud. T13: AM fungi 2g + Azophos 2gm+Pseudomonas flurorescens 0.75gm/chip bud. The variety used is COG 94077. The germination percentage was recorded on 12days after planting. Growth measurements on root length, shoot length, were recorded on 25 days after planting. The observations on germination, root length, shoot length, were recorded. and seedling vigor was calculated. Among the different treatments tried the chip buds given with the combination of AM fungi 2g + Azophos 2gm+Pseudomonas flurorescens 0.75gm/chip bud (T13) recorded the maximum values for germination percentage (88), root length (35.3cm), ,shoot length (38.0cm), and seedling vigour (6450), whereas control recorded lesser values for germination percentage (80), root length (21.0cm), ,shoot length (25.0cm), and seedling vigour (3680).
