Editorial: Plant growth-promoting microorganisms for sustainable agricultural production, volume II

Plant growth-promoting actinobacteria: a new strategy for enhancing sustainable production and protection of grain legumes

Grain legumes are a cost-effective alternative for the animal protein in improving the diets of the poor in South-East Asia and Africa. Legumes, through symbiotic nitrogen fixation, meet a major part of their own N demand and partially benefit the following crops of the system by enriching soil. In realization of this sustainability advantage and to promote pulse production, United Nations had ...

Plant growth-promoting bacteria as inoculants in agricultural soils.

Plant-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere are the determinants of plant health, productivity and soil fertility. Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) are bacteria that can enhance plant growth and protect plants from disease and abiotic stresses through a wide variety of mechanisms; those that establish close associations with plants, such as the endophytes, could be more successful in pl...

Horse serum purification residue as a nitrogen source for the growth of microorganisms, II-Corynebacterium diphtheria (Toxin Production)

A novel Pseudomonas sp. MSSRFD41 with plant growth promoting prospects for sustainable agriculture

 It is one of the most nutritious millet and staple food in different states of India and Pseudomonas sp. MSSRFD41  MSSRFD41 was isolated from finger millet rhizosphere soil samples. 16S rRNA gene sequence shows maximum 98.77% similarity and forms monophyletic clade with closely related species.  It produces 2,4-DAPG, HCN, AHLs, IAA, solubilises phosphate and tolerates 1 M NaCl.  Exhibits p...

Effect of Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms from Rhizosphere of Piper Nigrum L

Six fungal isolates were selected from the rhizosphere of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) plants and were tested in vitro for their plant growth promoting (PGP) abilities in the soil. The species of Aspergillus selected were tested for the siderophore production, indole acetic acid (IAA) production, catalase enzyme activity and biological control of pathogens through antagonism. The results indi...