Enhanced Mineral Uptake by
 Zea mays
 and
 Sorghum bicolor
 Roots Inoculated with
 Azospirillum brasilense

Lin, Willy; Okon, Yaacov; Hardy, R. W. F.

doi:10.1128/aem.45.6.1775-1779.1983

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“…Biomass yield increased under application of biofertilizers, because there was a significant increase in the dry weight of shoots at the prestilking stage, that may be related to the favouritism of some environmental factors which directly affected the bio fertilizer and its impact on the nutrient availability and growth, which positively influenced maize photosynthesis and dry matter accumulation more actively that agree with [15,16]. Azimi et al [17] found that application of Supernitroplus biofertilizer with Phosphate (Barvar 2) treatment had the highest seed yield (7.6 ton/ha) and non-application of biofertilizers treatment that had Pishtaz cultivar had the lowest seed yield (6.3 ton/ha) [18]. Also, Azimi et al [18] found that the application nitrogen and phosphate biofertilizers increased yield and yield components of barley under Boroujerd environmental condition.…”

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Effect of Biofertilizer on Growth and Yield Characteristics of Zea mays L. in Different Ecological Zones in Kenya

Kumar

Wafula

Korir

2019

AJSSPN

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In order to reduce the dependence on chemical fertilizers, alternative methods should be developed which will provide nutrients to plants. The increased cost of inorganic fertilizers, including their inability to condition the soil and their polluting effect on the environment, has directed attention towards other sources of soil fertilization to enhance maize production. Hence, this study was carried out to determine the effect of Effective Micro-organisms (biofertilizer) comprising Pseudomonas spp, Saccharomyces spp, Bacillus subtilis and Lactobacillus spp. on the growth and yield components of Zea mays L. The trial plots measured 4 m×3 m and the experimental design was randomized complete block design (RCBD) with 4 treatments namely; Biogrovit (biofertilizer) alone; conventional fertilizer alone, Biogrovit plus conventional fertilizer combined and the control. It was replicated three times. Biogrovit was soil drenched in plants at an interval of 14 days in crops established at two sites in Kirinyaga and Machakos County. Significant differences were observed in the leaf area where application of the biofertilizer had the largest (995 cm2) while the least was under the control (529 cm2). The grain yield was notably influenced by application of treatments at both sites, where the highest was recorded under the biofertilizer in Kirinyaga (8.6 t/ha) and Machakos (7.77 t/ha) which was not significantly different from that of the conventional fertilizers in Kirinyaga and Machakos at 7.55 t/ha and 6.87 t/ha respectively. The control had the lowest grain yield in both sites. The 1000-grain mass, ear length, cob weight, number of cobs per plant and the number of kernels per cob directly influenced the actual grain yield as they were higher for both biofertilizer and chemical treatments. The application of Biofertilizer and conventional fertilizer combined at full rates were antagonistic as most of the parameters tested had lower counts than when independently applied. Therefore, the findings of this study suggest that biofertilizers enhance the growth of maize and as such its use should be encouraged because it is eco-friendly.

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Effect of Biofertilizer on Growth and Yield Characteristics of Zea mays L. in Different Ecological Zones in Kenya

Kumar

Wafula

Korir

2019

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“…Grain yield increase was reported with the bio fertilizer applications which account important benefit to the maize producers and maize production, causing decreasing in the inputs of production because of economizing much money to chemical fertilizers and increasing in grain yield (Azimi et al2013). It is impact on the nutrient availability and growth, which positively influenced the maize photosynthesis and dry matter accumulation more actively that agree with Lin et al 1983, Shevananda, 2008and Beyranvand 2013…”

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Evaluation of Various Commercially Available Biofertilizers on Grain Yield of Hybrid Maize under Field Conditions at South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Akil¹,

Purwani²,

Tabri³

et al. 2019

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A field experiment was conducted on a farmer's field in Gowa, South Sulawesi, Indonesia from 6 th April to 18 th July 2013. Texturally, the soil was a silt loam with pH of 5.2, 1.07% organic matter, 0.12% total nitrogen, 41.60 mg kg -1 available phosphorus and 0.75 mg kg -1 available potassium. The experiment was aimed to evaluate the application of commercially available bio fertilizers on hybrid maize CV. Bima 19 URI grain yield in comparison with conventional fertilizers and control. The experiment included of 16 treatments i.e. no fertilizer as control; recommended dose (230 N+ 36 P 2 O 5 + 60 K 2 0 kg ha -1 ); 50% recommended dose(115 N+18P 2 O 5 + 30 K 2 0 kg ha -1 ); 50% recommended dose (115 N+18P 2 O 5 + 30 K 2 0 kg ha -1 ) + compost 2 t ha -1 ; 70% recommendation dose (172.5 N+ 22.5 P 2 O 5 + 60 K 2 0) kg ha -1 ;75% recommendation dose (172.5 N+ 22.5 P 2 O 5 + 60 K 2 0 kg ha -1 ) + compost 2 t ha -1 ; compost 2 t ha -1 ; plus 9 commercially bio fertilizers such as Beyonic; Bio-Padjar; Probio-New; Super Biost; Bion-UP; Bio-SRF; Agrofit; Biopim and Biocoat. The experiment was conducted in Randomized Complete Block Design arrangement with three replications. The result of the experiment showed that bio fertilizer significantly influenced leaf chlorophyll; NPK leaves levels, plant height, kernel row, ear length, 1000 grains yield and grain yield. The highest grain yield was obtained with Bio-Padjar 10.06 t ha -1 followed by Beyonic 10.04 t ha -1 , Biopim 9.96 t ha -1 , Bion-UP 9.82 t ha -1 , Super Biost 9.80 t ha -1 , Biocoat 9.77t ha -1 , Agrofit 9.76 t ha -1 , and Probio-New 9.73 t ha -1 . Contribution of biofertilizers increased grain yield vary in ranged from 5.83 -8.52% and reduce 25 -50% chemical fertilizer recommendation dose.

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“…Based on these findings, lumichrome could be viewed as a previously unrecognized signal molecule (Dakora et al, 2001), and if so, then it has to be transported from roots to shoots where it effects the observed developmental changes. Some plant signals such as ABA are similarly transported from root to shoot in the xylem stream (Lin et al, 1983;Chen et al, 2002;Maurel et al, 2004). Apart from establishing the presence of lumichrome in xylem (Fig.…”

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Xylem transport and shoot accumulation of lumichrome, a newly recognized rhizobial signal, alters root respiration, stomatal conductance, leaf transpiration and photosynthetic rates in legumes and cereals

Matiru

Dakora

2004

New Phytologist

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Summary• Root respiration, stomatal conductance, leaf transpiration and photosynthetic rates were measured in phytotron and field-grown plants following the application of 5 or 10 n M lumichrome, 10 n M ABA (abscisic acid) and 10 ml of 0.2 OD600 infective rhizobial cells.• Providing soybean and cowpea roots with their respective homologous rhizobia and/or purified lumichrome increased the concentration of this molecule in xylem sap and leaf extracts. Relative to control, rhizobial inoculation and lumichrome application significantly increased root respiration in maize, decreased it in lupin, but had no effect on the other test species.• Applying either lumichrome (10 n M ), infective rhizobial cells or ABA to roots of plants for 44 h in growth chambers altered leaf stomatal conductance and transpiration in cowpea, lupin, soybean, Bambara groundnut and maize, but not in pea or sorghum. Where stomatal conductance was increased by lumichrome application or rhizobial inoculation, it resulted in increased leaf transpiration relative to control plants. Treating roots of field plants of cowpea with this metabolite up to 63 d after planting showed decreased stomatal conductance, which affected CO 2 intake and reduction by Rubisco.• The effect of rhizobial inoculation closely mirrored that of lumichrome application to roots, indicating that rhizobial effects on these physiological activities were most likely due to lumichrome released into the rhizosphere.

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Enhanced Mineral Uptake by Zea mays and Sorghum bicolor Roots Inoculated with Azospirillum brasilense

Cited by 237 publications

References 12 publications

Effect of Biofertilizer on Growth and Yield Characteristics of Zea mays L. in Different Ecological Zones in Kenya

Effect of Biofertilizer on Growth and Yield Characteristics of Zea mays L. in Different Ecological Zones in Kenya

Evaluation of Various Commercially Available Biofertilizers on Grain Yield of Hybrid Maize under Field Conditions at South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Xylem transport and shoot accumulation of lumichrome, a newly recognized rhizobial signal, alters root respiration, stomatal conductance, leaf transpiration and photosynthetic rates in legumes and cereals

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