In this work, we evaluated the ability of rhizobacteria isolated from a metal-contaminated site to produce plant growth-promoting substances, such as indole-3acetic acid (IAA), ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, siderophores and extracellular enzymes, to solubilize phosphate and for 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC)-deaminase activity, while assessing their capacity to enhance Trifolium repens gr...

Drought is one of the major constraints limiting agricultural production worldwide and is expected to increase in the future. Limited water availability causes significant effects to plant growth and physiology. Plants have evolved different traits to mitigate the stress imposed by drought. The presence of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) could play an important role in improving pla...

The rhizosphere is the narrow region of soil that is directly influenced by root secretions and associated with soil microorganisms. Such bacteria which can grow in the rhizosphere region as well as plant roots and enhance the plant growth are referred as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria promotes growth of plants through direct and indirect mecha...

BACKGROUND The plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) strain Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SQR9, isolated from the cucumber rhizosphere, protects the host plant from pathogen invasion and promotes plant growth through efficient root colonization. The phytohormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) has been suggested to contribute to the plant-growth-promoting effect of Bacillus strains. The possible ...

The effects of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on the rooting and root growth of semi-hardwood and hardwood kiwifruit stem cuttings were investigated. The PGPR used were Bacillus RC23, Paenibacillus polymyxa RC05, Bacillus subtilis OSU142, Bacillus RC03, Comamonas acidovorans RC41, Bacillus megaterium RC01 and Bacillus simplex RC19. All the bacteria showed indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)...

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are an important bacterial resource as biofertilizers, which can promote plant growth and increase crop yields. In this study, isolation, characterization, its effect on promotion were assessed by isolating PGPR using soil samples collected from Jimma, Ethiopia. Out of 10 isolates, three them (JEC3, JEC4, JEC7) exhibited PSB traits in Pikovskaya media...

Background: The present scenario of agriculture is dependent on chemical fertilizer, pesticides and artificial growth promoters etc. extensive uses these chemicals fertilizers affect soil it become less fertile. These problem requireaying an attention towards the use native biological agents for endorsement plant growth. Indigenous rhizobacteria are rhizospheric bacteria having ability to enhan...

Plants select plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) that are competitively fit to occupy compatible niches without causing pathological stress on them. However, when screening bacteria for plant growth promoting (PGP) agents, it is better to select bacteria for achieving the most promising isolates having suitable colonization and PGP traits. In most researches, it has been seen that foll...