Effect of indigenous mineral availing microbial consortia and cattle manure combination for growth of maize (Zea mays L.)

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Keywords: Bioinoculants, Cattle manure, Nitrogen-fixer, Phosphorus solubilizer, Potassium solubilizer


Abstract


Plant growth promoting bacterial strains were used as bioinoculants on cereal crops to improve plant growth and plant productivity. Crop responses to inoculation are complex because bacteria are not compatible with each other. Therefore, it is necessary to increase our understanding of the microbial ecology of crop rhizosphere under various agricultural techniques. In tropical agriculture, cattle manure is used as an organic fertilizer to increase soil fertility, however use of microbes as consortium have found as sustainable method for the enhancement of crops productivity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of three potential plant growth-promoting rhizospheric and endophytic bacterial strains EU-C3ST.R1, IARI-JR-44, and IARI-S-45 and organic fertilizers (cattle manure) individually and as consortia on maize (Zea mays L.) under both in-vitro and in-vivo conditions. A total of 123 bacterial strains were sorted out and screened for nitrogen fixation, phosphorus, and potassium solubilization. The potential N2-fixing; P and K solubilizing bacterial strains were identified using 16 S rRNA gene sequencing as Pseudomonas sp. EU-C3ST.R1, Micrococcus indicus IARI-JR-44, and Bacillus horikoshii IARI-S-45 respectively. The inoculation of these three strains on maize as microbial consortium and individual inoculum significantly increased the growth characteristic including height and biomass of the plants, as well as physiological characteristics i.e., chlorophyll, carotenoids, flavonoids, phenolics, and total soluble sugar content of the plant with respect to chemical fertilizers, cattle manure, and untreated control plant. The consortia were found to be more effective with respect to individual inoculants, cattle manure, and uninoculated control plants, so it can be utilized as biofertilizers for inoculation of cereal crops growing in hilly regions.


Bioinoculants, Cattle manure, Nitrogen-fixer, Phosphorus solubilizer, Potassium solubilizer


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Devi Rubee
Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, India

Alsaffar Marwa Fadhil
Medical Laboratories Techniques Departmenr, AL- Mustaqbal University College, Hillah, Babil, Iraq


AL-Taey Duraid K.A.
Department of Horticulture, AL- Qasim Green University, Babylon, Iraq


Kumar Sanjeev
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agricultural Science, GLA University, Mathura, India


Negi Rajeshwari
Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, India

Sharma Babita
Department of Microbiology, Akal College of Basic Sciences, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, India

Singh Sangram
Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University Faizabad, Faizabad, India

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Rai Ashutosh Kumar
Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Rustagi Sarvesh
Department of Food Technology, School of Applied and Life sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India

Yadav Ashok
Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India