<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In quest of prospective rizospheric bacteria of agricultural importance, one of the isolates from bean (<italic>Lablab niger</italic> Medikus) was identified as <italic>Bacillus siamensis</italic> based on morphological, biochemical and 16S rRNA gene sequencing data. Study was carried out to evaluate growth promotion of two tomato cultivars, <italic>in vitro</italic> and <italic>in vivo</italic>. Experiments conducted for two consecutive years, following seed treatments revealed that the bacterial isolate increased plant height by 14.66‒15.68%, shoot fresh weight by 34.5‒65.09% and root fresh weight by 75.3‒92.48% over the non-treated control. The bacterial strain showed encouraging results for plant growth promotion in pot study and hence may be useful for the growth enhancement of tomato plant.</p></abstract>

In quest of prospective rizospheric bacteria of agricultural importance, one of the isolates from bean (Lablab niger Medikus) was identified as Bacillus siamensis based on morphological, biochemical and 16S rRNA gene sequencing data. Study was carried out to evaluate growth promotion of two tomato cultivars, in vitro and in vivo. Experiments conducted for two consecutive years, following seed treatments revealed that the bacterial isolate increased plant height by 14.66‒15.68%, shoot fresh weight by 34.5‒65.09% and root fresh weight by 75.3‒92.48% over the non-treated control. The bacterial strain showed encouraging results for plant growth promotion in pot study and hence may be useful for the growth enhancement of tomato plant.

Characterization and Evaluation of <italic>Bacillus siamensis</italic> Isolate for its Growth Promoting Potential in Tomato

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Characterization and Evaluation of  Isolate for its Growth Promoting Potential in Tomato

In quest of prospective rizospheric bacteria of agricultural importance, one of the isolates from bean (Lablab niger Medikus) was identified as Bacillus...

Characterization and Evaluation of Bacillus siamensis Isolate for its Growth Promoting Potential in Tomato

Online veröffentlicht: 25. Juli 2019

Seitenbereich: 42 - 50

Eingereicht: 02. Feb. 2019

Akzeptiert: 05. Juni 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/agri-2019-0005

Schlüsselwörter
16S rRNA gene, growth promotion, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, tomato

© 2019 Amanul Islam et al., published by Sciendo

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Characterization and Evaluation of Bacillus siamensis Isolate for its Growth Promoting Potential in Tomato

Online veröffentlicht: 25. Juli 2019

Seitenbereich: 42 - 50

Eingereicht: 02. Feb. 2019

Akzeptiert: 05. Juni 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/agri-2019-0005

Schlüsselwörter16S rRNA gene, growth promotion, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, tomato

© 2019 Amanul Islam et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
16S rRNA gene, growth promotion, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, tomato