Abstract
Maize (Zea mays L.) has a lot of dietary and industrial value around the globe and its yield potential is being extremely affected by abiotic stresses i.e., drought and soil salinity/sodicity etc. However, damaging effects of abiotic stresses can be ameliorated by the combined application of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and mineral fertilizers. Therefore this field trial was designed to explore the effect of PGPR containing ACC deaminase (1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase) alone and in combination with mineral fertilizers on yield and nutrient uptake of maize under drought in saline field. Two PGPR strains S1 (Pseudomonas syringae) and S2 (Pseudomonas fluorescens) were applied to the maize seeds in separate and along with full and half dose of recommended NPK fertilizers. Drought stress was imposed generally on whole experiment at tasseling by withholding irrigation up to ~50% field capacity (FC) level. The PGPR strains significantly improved the yield of maize when applied alone and further promising results were obtained when applied with mineral fertilizers. Maximum increase in number of cobs plant -1 (19.05%), cob length (68.02%) number of grain rows cob -1 (25.53%), number of grains cob -1 (28.29%) plant height (58.14%), number of grains per cob (28.29%), 1000-grain weight (35.92%) and grain yield (55.14%) was observed by the combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizers over un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers application. Moreover combined application of PGPR strains and mineral fertilizers notably improved the nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) contents of grains and stalk of maize not only over control (un-inoculated seed and without mineral fertilizers application) but also over alone application of PGPR strains, and half and full dose of mineral fertilizers application as well. In conclusion, the PGPR strains containing ACC-deaminase activity along with full dose of artificial fertilizers improved the maize productivity due to notable expansion in yield related traits and nutrient uptake under dual stress conditions i.e., drought and soil salinity/sodicity. © 2014 Friends Science Publishers
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Claim · model-written summary
PGPR strains alone significantly improved maize yield.
Zea maysNot reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The PGPR strains significantly improved the yield of maize when applied alone”
Claim · model-written summary
PGPR with mineral fertilizers further improved maize yield.
- Treatment
- rhizobacteria with fertilizert0
- Interactor
- rhizobacteriaHyphomicrobialest0symbiont
- Outcome
- promising resultse0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“further promising results were obtained when applied with mineral fertilizers”
t0“Application of ACC-deaminase containing rhizobacteria with fertilizer improves maize production under drought and salinity stress.”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined PGPR and full fertilizer increased cobs per plant by 19.05%.
- Treatment
- combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizerse0
- Interactor
- PGPR strainse0symbiont
- Outcome
- number of cobs plant -1e0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 19.05%e0
- Comparator
- un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers applicatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Maximum increase in number of cobs plant -1 (19.05%), cob length (68.02%) number of grain rows cob -1 (25.53%), number of grains cob -1 (28.29%) plant height (58.14%), number of grains per cob (28.29%), 1000-grain weight (35.92%) and grain yield (55.14%) was observed by the combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizers over un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers application”
t0“maize production”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined treatment increased cob length by 68.02%.
- Treatment
- combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizerse0
- Interactor
- PGPR strainse0symbiont
- Outcome
- cob lengthe0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 68.02%e0
- Comparator
- un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers applicatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Maximum increase in number of cobs plant -1 (19.05%), cob length (68.02%) number of grain rows cob -1 (25.53%), number of grains cob -1 (28.29%) plant height (58.14%), number of grains per cob (28.29%), 1000-grain weight (35.92%) and grain yield (55.14%) was observed by the combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizers over un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers application”
t0“maize production”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined treatment increased grain rows per cob by 25.53%.
- Treatment
- combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizerse0
- Interactor
- PGPR strainse0symbiont
- Outcome
- number of grain rows cob -1e0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 25.53%e0
- Comparator
- un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers applicatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Maximum increase in number of cobs plant -1 (19.05%), cob length (68.02%) number of grain rows cob -1 (25.53%), number of grains cob -1 (28.29%) plant height (58.14%), number of grains per cob (28.29%), 1000-grain weight (35.92%) and grain yield (55.14%) was observed by the combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizers over un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers application”
t0“maize production”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined treatment increased grains per cob by 28.29%.
- Treatment
- combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizerse0
- Interactor
- PGPR strainse0symbiont
- Outcome
- number of grains cob -1e0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 28.29%e0
- Comparator
- un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers applicatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Maximum increase in number of cobs plant -1 (19.05%), cob length (68.02%) number of grain rows cob -1 (25.53%), number of grains cob -1 (28.29%) plant height (58.14%), number of grains per cob (28.29%), 1000-grain weight (35.92%) and grain yield (55.14%) was observed by the combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizers over un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers application”
t0“maize production”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined treatment increased plant height by 58.14%.
- Treatment
- combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizerse0
- Interactor
- PGPR strainse0symbiont
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 58.14%e0
- Comparator
- un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers applicatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Maximum increase in number of cobs plant -1 (19.05%), cob length (68.02%) number of grain rows cob -1 (25.53%), number of grains cob -1 (28.29%) plant height (58.14%), number of grains per cob (28.29%), 1000-grain weight (35.92%) and grain yield (55.14%) was observed by the combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizers over un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers application”
t0“maize production”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined treatment increased 1000-grain weight by 35.92%.
- Treatment
- combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizerse0
- Interactor
- PGPR strainse0symbiont
- Outcome
- 1000-grain weighte0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 35.92%e0
- Comparator
- un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers applicatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Maximum increase in number of cobs plant -1 (19.05%), cob length (68.02%) number of grain rows cob -1 (25.53%), number of grains cob -1 (28.29%) plant height (58.14%), number of grains per cob (28.29%), 1000-grain weight (35.92%) and grain yield (55.14%) was observed by the combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizers over un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers application”
t0“maize production”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined treatment increased grain yield by 55.14%.
- Treatment
- combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizerse0
- Interactor
- PGPR strainse0symbiont
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 55.14%e0
- Comparator
- un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers applicatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Maximum increase in number of cobs plant -1 (19.05%), cob length (68.02%) number of grain rows cob -1 (25.53%), number of grains cob -1 (28.29%) plant height (58.14%), number of grains per cob (28.29%), 1000-grain weight (35.92%) and grain yield (55.14%) was observed by the combined application of PGPR strains and full dose of recommended fertilizers over un-inoculated control and without mineral fertilizers application”
t0“maize production”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined PGPR and fertilizer improved N, P and K contents of grain and stalk against the listed controls.
- Treatment
- combined application of PGPR strains and mineral fertilizerse0
- Interactor
- PGPR strainse0symbiont
- Outcome
- nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) contents of grains and stalk of maizee0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- control (un-inoculated seed and without mineral fertilizers application)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“combined application of PGPR strains and mineral fertilizers notably improved the nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) contents of grains and stalk of maize not only over control (un-inoculated seed and without mineral fertilizers application) but also over alone application of PGPR strains, and half and full dose of mineral fertilizers application as well”
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