The present study was carried out in order to establish a suitable protocol for the screening of phosphate solubilizing actinomycetes. 10 isolates with distinct morphology were isolated and purified on starch casein agar from forest soils of Mahabubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh. These isolates screened for phosphate solubilizing activity on modified starch casein agar which contains tricalcium...

A study was conducted to determine the efficacy of applying ground magnesium limestone (GML) or ground basalt in combination with bio-fertilizer to sustain rice production on an acid sulfate soil in Malaysia. Soils from Kelantan Plains, Malaysia, were treated with GML, ground basalt, bio-fertilizer, GML + bio-fertilizer, and ground basalt + bio-fertilizer (4 t ha 1 each). Results showed that so...

Soil quality assessment serves as an index for appraising soil sustainability under varied management approaches. Our current investigation was oriented to establish a minimum data set (MDS) of indicators through the selection apt scoring functions each indicator, thus evaluating in Himalayan foothills. The experiment conducted during two consecutive years, viz. 2016 and 2017, comprised 13 trea...

AIMS To determine whether circulation of dairy wastewater induces the growth of phototrophic purple sulfur bacteria (PSB). METHODS AND RESULTS Two dairy wastewater lagoons that were similar in size, geographic location, number and type of cattle loading the lagoons were chosen. The only obvious visual difference between them was that one was stagnant and the water was brown in colour (Farm 1)...

Phytases are enzymes of great industrial importance with wide range of applications in animal and human nutrition. These catalyze the hydrolysis of phosphomonoester bonds in phytate, thereby releasing lower forms of myo-inositol phosphates and inorganic phosphate. Addition of phytase to plant-based foods can improve its nutritional value and increase mineral bioavailability by decreasing nutrit...

Communities of P-solubilizing bacteria, fungi and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, were evaluated in two different ecosystems. Samplings taken from two areas of Atlantic forest, in Paraty-RJ, Brazil, one with a secondary forest and the other with a grass pasture were studied. Four growth media: GL (glucose and yeast extract), GES (glucose, soil extract, KNO3, CaCl2, MgSO4, NaCl, FeEDTA and micronu...