Modifying lignin to improve bioenergy feedstocks: strengthening the barrier against pathogens?

SE Sattler, DL Funnell-Harris - Frontiers in plant science, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Lignin is a ubiquitous polymer present in cell walls of all vascular plants, where it rigidifies
and strengthens the cell wall structure through covalent cross-linkages to cell wall …

Microbial consortia for sustaining productivity of non-legume crops: prospects and challenges

B Behera, TK Das, R Raj, S Ghosh, MB Raza… - Agricultural Research, 2021 - Springer
Soil micro-organisms play a pivotal role in food production through their significant effects on
nutrient transformation and release, soil organic matter and carbon dynamics, and biotic and …

[PDF][PDF] The effect of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on germination, seedling growth and yield of maize

A Gholami, S Shahsavani, S Nezarat - International Journal of …, 2009 - academia.edu
DSM291, A. lipoferum DSM 1691, A. brasilense DSM 1690 were used. Results of first study
showed seed Inoculation significantly enhanced seed germination and seedling vigour of …

Suppression of maize root diseases caused by Macrophomina phaseolina, Fusarium moniliforme and Fusarium graminearum by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria

KK Pal, K Tilak, AK Saxcna, R Dey, CS Singh - Microbiological research, 2001 - Elsevier
A plant growth-promoting isolate of a fluorescent Pseudomonas sp. EM85 and two bacilli
isolates MR-11 (2) and MRF, isolated from maize rhizosphere, were found strongly …

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria mediate induced systemic resistance in rice against bacterial leaf blight caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

AC Udayashankar, SC Nayaka, MS Reddy, C Srinivas - Biological Control, 2011 - Elsevier
Seven Bacillus plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria spp. were evaluated for growth
promotion and induced systemic resistance in rice against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae …

Seed bio-priming with Pseudomonas fluorescens isolates enhances growth of pearl millet plants and induces resistance against downy mildew

SN Raj, NP Shetty, HS Shetty - International Journal of Pest …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Biopriming pearl millet seeds with Pseudomonas fluorescens isolates resulted in improved
growth of the plants and also induction of resistance against downy mildew disease caused …

Characterization of multifaceted Bacillus sp. RM-2 for its use as plant growth promoting bioinoculant for crops grown in semi arid deserts

L Nain, RC Yadav, J Saxena - Applied soil ecology, 2012 - Elsevier
The rhizobacterial isolate RM-2 was characterized on the basis of sequencing of a partial
1270-bp fragment of 16S rDNA amplicon and validated as Bacillus sp. In view of using this …

[PDF][PDF] Screening plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for improving seed germination, seedling growth and yield of maize

S Nezarat, A Gholami - Pakistan journal of biological sciences, 2009 - researchgate.net
The effect of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) on seed germination, seedling
growth and yield of field grown maize were evaluated in three experiments. In these …

[PDF][PDF] Isolation of salt tolerant endophytic and rhizospheric bacteria by natural selection and screening for promising plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and …

T Damodaran, V Sah, RB Rai, DK Sharma… - Afr. J. Microbiol …, 2013 - academicjournals.org
Rhizosphere is centre to microbial and nutrient dynamics and describes the zone of soil
surrounding roots of plant species which release organic substances. Bacteria that are …

Comparative performance of formulations of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in growth promotion and suppression of downy mildew in pearl millet

SN Raj, SA Deepak, P Basavaraju, HS Shetty… - Crop protection, 2003 - Elsevier
Five plant growth promoting rhizobacterial formulations, each consisting of two Bacilli strains
with chitosan as a carrier were tested for their capacity to promote growth and induce …