Abstract
Sorghum is an important cereal that is processed into a variety of foods and leisure beverages across the African continent. Low sorghum yields experienced in agriculture is a result of major production constraints such as soil nutrient deficiency and plant disease. It is important that the methods for crop production are of a sustainable nature as the chemical fertilizers in current use are detrimental to the natural environment. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of plant growth promoting (PGP) bacteria on growth of Sorghum bicolor. PGP bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of Pennisetum glaucum (Pseudomonas stutzeri ACM2-32, Kosakonia cloacae FCM2-50, Bacillus subtilis ASM1-59 and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens LSM1-61) and S. bicolor (Stenotrophomonas maltophilia LCS2-11) plants in Kavango (Namibia), were used as peat-based inoculants to evaluate their effects on the growth of S. bicolor. The combination treatment T9 (B. amyloliquefaciens LSM1-61: K. cloacae FCM2-50: P. stutzeri ACM2-32) significantly (p = 0.032) enhanced the biomass of S. bicolor as compared to the water control. Single inoculants consisting of S. maltophilia LCS2-11, K. cloacae FCM2-50 and B. amyloliquefaciens LSM1-61 and combination inoculants T7, T8 and T9, enhanced S. bicolor root biomass as much as a commercial fertilizer control. These results indicate that the plant growth promoting bacteria induced a beneficial effect on growth of sorghum seedlings. The future work involves testing these promising inoculants on growth of these sorghum plants to maturity stage to determine effects on seed yield over three seasons in multi-location trials. Key words: Rhizosphere bacteria, peat based inoculants, plant growth promoting bacteria, Sorghum bicolor.
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Claim · model-written summary
Combination treatment T9 of B. amyloliquefaciens LSM1-61, K. cloacae FCM2-50 and P. stutzeri ACM2-32 significantly (p = 0.032) enhanced S. bicolor biomass compared with the water control.
- Taxon
- S. bicolor
Sorghum bicolore1 - Treatment
- combination treatment T9 (B. amyloliquefaciens LSM1-61: K. cloacae FCM2-50: P. stutzeri ACM2-32)e1
- Interactor
- B. amyloliquefaciens LSM1-61
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Bacillus amyloliquefaciense1symbiont - Second interactor
- K. cloacae FCM2-50e1symbiont
- Outcome
- biomasse1
- Direction
- enhancede1
- Qualifier
- p = 0.032e1
- Comparator
- water controle1
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Verbatim
t0“Effects of plant growth promoting bacterial isolates from Kavango on the vegetative growth of Sorghum bicolor”
e1“The combination treatment T9 (B. amyloliquefaciens LSM1-61: K. cloacae FCM2-50: P. stutzeri ACM2-32) significantly (p = 0.032) enhanced the biomass of S. bicolor as compared to the water control.”
Claim · model-written summary
Combination inoculants T7, T8 and T9 enhanced S. bicolor root biomass as much as a commercial fertilizer control.
- Taxon
- S. bicolorSorghum bicolore1
- Treatment
- combination inoculants T7, T8 and T9e1
- Outcome
- root biomasse1
- Direction
- enhancede1
- Qualifier
- as much ase1
- Comparator
- commercial fertilizer controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Single inoculants consisting of S. maltophilia LCS2-11, K. cloacae FCM2-50 and B. amyloliquefaciens LSM1-61 and combination inoculants T7, T8 and T9, enhanced S. bicolor root biomass as much as a commercial fertilizer control.”
Claim · model-written summary
Single inoculants of S. maltophilia LCS2-11, K. cloacae FCM2-50 and B. amyloliquefaciens LSM1-61 enhanced S. bicolor root biomass as much as a commercial fertilizer control.
- Taxon
- S. bicolorSorghum bicolore1
- Treatment
- Single inoculants consisting of S. maltophilia LCS2-11, K. cloacae FCM2-50 and B. amyloliquefaciens LSM1-61e1
- Interactor
- S. maltophilia LCS2-11
Stenotrophomonas maltophiliae1symbiont - Second interactor
- K. cloacae FCM2-50e1symbiont
- Outcome
- root biomasse1
- Direction
- enhancede1
- Qualifier
- as much ase1
- Comparator
- commercial fertilizer controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Single inoculants consisting of S. maltophilia LCS2-11, K. cloacae FCM2-50 and B. amyloliquefaciens LSM1-61 and combination inoculants T7, T8 and T9, enhanced S. bicolor root biomass as much as a commercial fertilizer control.”
Claim · model-written summary
Plant growth promoting bacteria induced a beneficial effect on growth of sorghum seedlings.
- Organ / stage
- seedlingse1
- Treatment
- plant growth promoting bacteriae1
- Interactor
- plant growth promoting bacteriae1symbiont
- Outcome
- growthe1
- Direction
- beneficial effecte1
SorghumNot reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“These results indicate that the plant growth promoting bacteria induced a beneficial effect on growth of sorghum seedlings.”
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