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Characterization of Plant Growth-Promoting Traits of Free-Living Diazotrophic Bacteria and Their Inoculation Effects on Growth and Nitrogen Uptake of Crop Plants

  • Islam, Md. Rashedu (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Madhaiyan, M. (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Boruah, Hari P.Deka (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Yim, Woo-Jong (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Gill-Seung (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Saravanan, V.S. (Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi College of Arts and Science) ;
  • Fu, Qingling (Key Laboratory of Subtropical Agricultural Resource and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Huazhong Agricultural University) ;
  • Hu, Hongqing (Key Laboratory of Subtropical Agricultural Resource and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Huazhong Agricultural University) ;
  • Sa, Tongmin (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chungbuk National University)
  • Published : 2009.10.31
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Abstract

The search for diverse plant growth-promoting (PGP) diazotrophic bacteria is gaining momentum as efforts are made to exploit them as biofertilizers for various economically important crops. In the present study, 17 diazotrophic strains belonging to eight different genera isolated from rice paddy fields were screened for multiple PGP traits and evaluated for their inoculation effects on canola and rice plants. All of the strains tested positive for 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase activity and production of indole 3-acetic acid (IAA) and ammonia ($NH_3$). Additionally, four of the strains were able to solubilize phosphorus (P), five tested positive for zinc (Zn) solubilization and sulfur (S) oxidation, and eight strains produced siderophores. Based on the presence of multiple PGP traits, 10 strains were selected for inoculation studies. Treatment with Herbaspirillum sp. RFNB26 resulted in maximum root length (54.3%), seedling vigor, and dry biomass in canola, whereas Paenibacillus sp. RFNB4 exhibited the lowest activity under gnotobiotic conditions. However, under pot culture conditions, Paenibacillus sp. RFNB4 significantly increased plant height and dry biomass production by 42.3% and 29.5%, respectively. Canola plants and rhizosphere soils inoculated with Bacillus sp. RFNB6 exhibited significantly higher nitrogenase activity. In greenhouse experiments, Serratia sp. RFNB18 increased rice plant height by 35.1%, Xanthomonas sp. RFNB24 enhanced biomass production by 84.6%, and rice rhizosphere soils inoculated with Herbaspirillum sp. RFNB26 exhibited the highest nitrogenase activity. Our findings indicate that most of the selected strains possess multiple PGP properties that significantly improve the growth parameters of the two plants when tested under controlled conditions.

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