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Title: Plant growth promoting potential of Pontibacter niistensis in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.)
Authors: Dastager, S G
Deepa, C K
Pandey, A
Keywords: PGPR activity
SEM
Rhizosphere
Rhizobacteria
Wheat
Issue Date: 2011
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: Applied Soil Ecology 49:250-255;Sep 2011
Abstract: During the past couple of decades, understanding of rhizosphere biology has progressed with the discovery of a special group of microorganisms known as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and its application for sustainable agriculture has increased tremendously in various parts of the world. The search for microorganisms that improve soil fertility and enhance plant nutrition has continued to attract attention due to the increasing cost of fertilizers and some of their negative environmental impacts. In this study we demonstrated, a novel bacterial species Pontibacter niistensis NII-0905 isolated from forest soil in Western ghat forest soil with potential plant growth promoting ability (PCP) such as phosphate solubilization, indole acetic acid (IAA), siderophore and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) production. The activity varies with different growth temperatures, strain solubilize 28.5 +/- 0.9, 48.02 +/- 1.9 and 65.07 +/- 2.1 mu g mL(-1) at 4, 15 and 30 degrees C respectively and produced 24.8 mu g mL(-1) day(-1) of indole acetic acid (IAA) in tryptophan amended media. Qualitative detection of siderophore production and HCN were also detected at all temperature tested. At a lower temperature (4 C) strain NII-0905 retained all the plant growth promotion attributes. A significant increase in the growth of cow pea was recorded with inoculations of strain NII-0905 in pot experiments. Scanning electron microscopic study revealed the root colonization on cow pea seedlings against the untreated one. These results demonstrate that, the isolate NII-0905 has the promising PGPR attributes for both in cold as well as in humid condition. It has potential as a biofertilizer to enhance soil fertility and promote the plant growth.
URI: http://ir.niist.res.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1096
ISSN: 0929-1393
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