ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

E.E. El-Sharouny and A.F. Moustafa
1Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2015;9(Spl. Edn. 1):273-284
© The Author(s). 2015
Received: 08/01/2015 | Accepted: 24/03/2015 | Published: 31/05/2015
Abstract

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) offers an attractive way to replace chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and supplements. In the current study, nine rhizobacterial strains isolated from the rhizoshere of clover (Trifolium) and wheat (Triticum) plants were tested for multiple plant growth promoting activities (NH3, IAA production, catalase and oxidase activity). Later, they were genetically idendified by 16S RNA sequence analyses as Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus cereus, Pseudomonas mendocina, Pseudomonas putida, Kocuria marina, and Kocuria rhizophila. The rhizobacterial strains were then applied individually, for the evaluation of maize seedling growth promotion activity. Finally, the interaction between the rhizobacterial strains in addition to a previously identified rhizobacterium Bacillus licheniformis, was investigated by applying the Plackett-Burman experimental design under different levels of water stress. The percentages of germination, carbohydrate, and protein production were measured as physiological responses indicating the effect of the bacteria on plant health.

Keywords

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, maize plant, Plackett-Burman, water stress

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