Paper · 2006 · Biotechnology Journal

Plant growth promoting potential of free‐living diazotrophs and other rhizobacteria isolated from Northern Indian soil

Farah Ahmad; Iqbal Ahmad; Farrukh Aqil; et al.

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Abstract

The viable count of free-living diazotrophic bacteria in different crop rhizospheres varied from 1.11 x 10(4) to 8.5 x 10(5) CFU/g of soil. The majority of the diazotrophs phenotypically belong to either Azotobacter chroococcum, non-A. chroococcum type and to a heterogenous group tentatively named putative nitrogen-fixing (PNF) bacteria. In this study, 25 isolates of the PNF group were screened for their multiple plant growth-promoting (PGP) traits and grouped into 5 PGP types. An isolate, PNF(11) showed promising PGP potential in vitro and was characterized as a species of Achromobacter by 16S rRNA analysis. The isolate PNF(11) along with three other previously isolated PGP bacteria, Azotobacter sp. (AZS(3)), fluorescent pseudomonas (Ps(5)), Bacillus sp. (Bc(1)) were selected for crop inoculation response in green house experiment on Vigna radiata var.T44. Plants from inoculated and control pots were sampled and analyzed at 30, 45 and 60 days after sowing for various vegetative, nodule-related data and yield parameters. The findings indicated that selected isolate of PNF bacteria, and other PGP isolates with multiple activities significantly improve the plant growth parameters, yield parameters of Vigna radiata T44 over control and also show good compatibility with Bradyrhizobium inoculation.

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Diazotroph counts across crop rhizospheres ranged from 1.11 x 10(4) to 8.5 x 10(5) CFU/g.

Taxon
crope0
Outcome
viable count of free-living diazotrophic bacteriae0
Value
1.11 x 10(4) to 8.5 x 10(5) CFU/g of soile0

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“The viable count of free-living diazotrophic bacteria in different crop rhizospheres varied from 1.11 x 10(4) to 8.5 x 10(5) CFU/g of soil”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Most diazotrophs belonged phenotypically to Azotobacter and putative nitrogen-fixing groups.

Taxon
Vigna radiataVigna radiatae1
Outcome
phenotypically belong to either Azotobacter chroococcum, non-A. chroococcum type and to a heterogenous group tentatively named putative nitrogen-fixing (PNF) bacteriae0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna radiata
Vigna radiata · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“The majority of the diazotrophs phenotypically belong to either Azotobacter chroococcum, non-A. chroococcum type and to a heterogenous group tentatively named putative nitrogen-fixing (PNF) bacteria”

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“green house experiment on Vigna radiata var.T44”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Twenty-five PNF isolates were grouped into five plant growth promoting types.

Taxon
Vigna radiataVigna radiatae1
Outcome
grouped into 5 PGP typese0
Value
5 PGP typese0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna radiata
Vigna radiata · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“25 isolates of the PNF group were screened for their multiple plant growth-promoting (PGP) traits and grouped into 5 PGP types”

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“green house experiment on Vigna radiata var.T44”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

PNF(11) had promising growth-promoting potential and was identified as Achromobacter.

Taxon
Vigna radiataVigna radiatae1
Outcome
promising PGP potential in vitroe0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna radiata
Vigna radiata · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“An isolate, PNF(11) showed promising PGP potential in vitro and was characterized as a species of Achromobacter by 16S rRNA analysis”

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“green house experiment on Vigna radiata var.T44”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 821–868 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Selected PNF and other PGP isolates significantly improved Vigna radiata growth parameters over control.

Taxon
Vigna radiata T44Vigna radiatae0
Treatment
selected isolate of PNF bacteria, and other PGP isolates with multiple activitiese0
Outcome
plant growth parameterse0
Direction
improvee0
Comparator
controle0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna radiata
Vigna radiata · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“selected isolate of PNF bacteria, and other PGP isolates with multiple activities significantly improve the plant growth parameters, yield parameters of Vigna radiata T44 over control”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1065–1248 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Selected PNF and other PGP isolates significantly improved Vigna radiata yield parameters over control.

Taxon
Vigna radiata T44Vigna radiatae0
Treatment
selected isolate of PNF bacteria, and other PGP isolates with multiple activitiese0
Outcome
yield parameterse0
Direction
improvee0
Comparator
controle0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna radiata
Vigna radiata · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“selected isolate of PNF bacteria, and other PGP isolates with multiple activities significantly improve the plant growth parameters, yield parameters of Vigna radiata T44 over control”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1065–1248 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The PGP isolates showed compatibility with Bradyrhizobium inoculation.

Taxon
Vigna radiataVigna radiatae1
Interactor
BradyrhizobiumBradyrhizobiume0symbiont
Outcome
good compatibility with Bradyrhizobium inoculatione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vigna radiata
Vigna radiata · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Bradyrhizobium
Bradyrhizobium · Interactor · picture of the genus (one of its species)Louisa Howard - Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“also show good compatibility with Bradyrhizobium inoculation”

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e1

“green house experiment on Vigna radiata var.T44”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 821–868 · show in text ↑

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