Claim · model-written summary
Bacillus inoculation increased seed germination relative to uninoculated control.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticae1 - Treatment
- Bacillus (twelve isolates) inoculatede0
- Interactor
- Bacilluse0symbiont
- Outcome
- seed germinatione0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- uninoculated control treatmente0
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Verbatim
e0“The in-vitro seed germination assay showed that Bacillus (twelve isolates) inoculated seeds showed more seed germination and seedling vigor rate as compared to uninoculated control treatment.”
e1“apple rhizosphere”
Title
Molecular diversity and functional variability of environmental isolates of Bacillus species
Ajay Kumar; Ajay Kumar; Amit Kumar; et al. SpringerPlus 2014. doi:10.1186/2193-1801-3-312
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- Observation Twelve of 264 apple rhizosphere Bacillus isolates were efficient plant growth promoters.
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- Observation MZPSB 207 produced indole acetic acid at 51.83 μg/ml.
- Observation MZPSB 207 produced siderophores and ammonia.
- Observation MZPSB 207 showed antagonism against Rhizoctonia solani.
- Observation MZPSB 207 showed antagonism against Fusarium oxysporum.
- Observation MZPSB 207 produced protease, chitinase, and cellulase.
- Observation MZPSB 207 produced ACC deaminase at 7.7 μm αKB mg(-1) h(-1).
- Intervention effect Bacillus inoculation increased seedling vigor relative to uninoculated control.
- Method / resource 16S sequencing separated the Bacillus isolates into four groups related to four named species.
- Method / resource Rep-PCR fingerprints varied between and within Bacillus species.
- Method / resource ERIC-PCR showed large variability, whereas BOX-PCR showed some variability.
- Method / resource 16S rRNA sequencing could not discriminate isolates at strain level.
- Method / resource Rep-PCR fingerprints characterized and discriminated strains at genomic level.