Claim · model-written summary
Azospirillum brasilense R1 increased grain weight by 39.5%.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativae1
- Treatment
- Azospirillum brasilense R1e0
- Interactor
- Azospirillum brasilense R1
Azospirillum brasilensee0symbiont - Outcome
- grain weighte0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 39.5%e0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Azospirillum brasilense R1 was more effective in plant growth promotion than other strains and showed 19% increase in the straw weight and 39.5% increase in grain weight.”
e1“rice variety JP-5”
Title
Bashir Ahmed; M. S. Mirza; Dir Upper 2014
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Intervention effect Azospirillum brasilense R1 inoculation increased root traits, tillers, straw and grain yields and total plant weight.
- Intervention effect Azospirillum lipoferum RSWT1 inoculation increased root traits, tillers, straw and grain yields and total plant weight.
- Intervention effect Pseudomonas Ky1 inoculation increased root traits, tillers, straw and grain yields and total plant weight.
- Intervention effect Azospirillum brasilense R1 promoted plant growth more than other strains.
- Intervention effect Azospirillum brasilense R1 increased straw weight by 19%.
- Intervention effect Azospirillum lipoferum RSWT1 increased grain weight by 18.5%.
- Intervention effect Pseudomonas Ky1 increased grain weight by 13.8%.
- Recommendation The authors recommend beneficial PGPR strains as rice biofertilizer.