Field experiments were conducted during 1997 and 1998 at Kittur Rani Channamma college of Horticulture Farm, Arabhavi in Belgaum district of Karnataka to study the influence of rock phosphate and P solubilizers on yield and quality of green chilli. The results revealed that recommended dose of P P 5 (30 kg/ha) applied through rock phosphate along with Bacillus polymyxa and vermicompost recorded highest mean fruit yield (74.2 q/ha), ascorbic acid, TSS and P uptake in green chillies over treatments comprising of rock phosphate with or without Bacillus polymyxa or vermicompost. Additional key words: Mussorie rock phosphate, inoculation, P uptake in chilli.