Out of the 319 cultures, 224 (70.22%) cultures were inhibiting seed germination and growth,
while 95 (29.8%) cultures were promoting growth of shoot and/or root of Pennisetum
typhoides. Of these 95 growth promoting cultures, 49 (51.6%) cultures were promoting
growth of both shoot and root; 42 (44.2%) were promoting shoot but inhibiting root growth
and 4 (4.21%) were promoting root, but inhibiting shoot growth. Plant species Catharanthus
roseus had maximum percentage of inhabitant cultures (58%) that promoted growth of shoot …

Studying symbiotic association can provide principles to improve crop yield under harsh
conditions. In present study, influence of endophytes was studied on seedling emergence
and growth of plumule and radicle of Pennisetum typhoides. The plants were sterilized on
surface to prevent contaminations and then macerated in disinfected pestle and mortar to
obtain pure colonies of in-habitat bacterial colonies on King's B media, Nutrient agar and
Potato dextrose agar using conventional methods. From 08 plant species, 319 endophytic …