Improvement of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Yield under Field Conditions 
 by Inoculation of Microbial Strains

Sangwan, Veenu; Sindhu, S. S.; Dahiya, O. S.; Kharb, R. P. S.

doi:10.3923/mj.2012.86.95

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“…Lakshminarayana et al (2000) inoculated wheat (WH291) with Azotobacter chroococcum strain A103 and observed a 16.3% increase in grain yield, while inoculation of same wheat variety with analogue-resistant mutants of same strain of Azotobacter increased grain yield by 10–30% under field conditions. Sangwan et al (2012) showed that seed treatment of wheat variety WH711 with Bacillus strain SYB101 caused 32.6% increase in seed yield, whereas this strain caused 23.1% increase in seed yield of another wheat variety Raj3765 in comparison to uninoculated control treatment. On the other hand, Azotobacter chroococcum inoculation resulted in only 7.4% increase in case of Raj3765 variety.…”

Section: Types Of Biofertilizersmentioning

confidence: 97%

Biofertilizers: An ecofriendly technology for nutrient recycling and environmental sustainability

Kumar

Diksha

Sindhu

et al. 2022

Current Research in Microbial Sciences

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Highlights Agriculture plays an important role in a country's economy. In modern intensive agricultural practices, chemical fertilizers and pesticides are applied on large scale to increase crop production in order to meet the nutritional requirements of the ever-increasing world population. However, rapid urbanization with shrinking agricultural lands, dramatic change in climatic conditions and extensive use of agrochemicals in agricultural practices has been found to cause environmental disturbances and public health hazards affecting food security and sustainability in agriculture. Besides this, agriculture soils are continuously losing their quality and physical properties as well as their chemical (imbalance of nutrients) and biological health due to indiscriminate use of agrochemicals. Plant-associated microbes with their plant growth- promoting traits have enormous potential to solve these challenges and play a crucial role in enhancing plant biomass and crop yield under greenhouse and field conditions. The beneficial mechanisms of plant growth improvement include enhanced availability of nutrients (i.e., N, P, K, Zn and S), phytohormone modulation, biocontrol of phytopathogens and amelioration of biotic and abiotic stresses. This plant-microbe interplay is indispensable for sustainable agriculture and these microbes may perform essential role as an ecological engineer to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers. Various steps involved for production of solid-based or liquid biofertilizer formulation include inoculum preparation, addition of cell protectants such as glycerol, lactose, starch, a good carrier material, proper packaging and best delivery methods. In addition, recent developments of formulation include entrapment/microencapsulation, nano-immobilization of microbial bioinoculants and biofilm-based biofertilizers. Thus, inoculation with beneficial microbes has emerged as an innovative eco-friendly technology to feed global population with available resources. This review critically examines the current state-of-art on use of microbial strains as biofertilizers in different crop systems for sustainable agriculture and in maintaining soil fertility and enhancing crop productivity. It is believed that acquisition of advanced knowledge of plant-PGPR interactions, bioengineering of microbial communities to improve the performance of biofertilizers under field conditions, will help in devising strategies for sustainable, environment-friendly and climate smart agricultural technologies to deliver short and long terms solutions for improving crop productivity to feed the world in a more sustainable manner.

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Section: Types Of Biofertilizersmentioning

confidence: 97%

Biofertilizers: An ecofriendly technology for nutrient recycling and environmental sustainability

Kumar

Diksha

Sindhu

et al. 2022

Current Research in Microbial Sciences

221

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“…Wheat is a source of staple food in many countries of the world. Seed bacterization with beneficial microorganisms usually results in enhanced germination, plant growth and yield in wheat (Sangwan et al, 2012;Chaudhary et al, 2013). Therefore, the present study was conducted to isolate antagonistic bacteria, which inhibited the growth of pathogenic fungi N. indica and R. solani on medium plates.…”

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Growth Inhibition of Pathogenic Fungi and Salt Tolerance Ability of Rhizosphere Bacteria

Dahiya¹,

Sharma²,

Sindhu³

2018

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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Bioherbicidal Potential of Rhizosphere Microorganisms for Ecofriendly Weed Management

Sindhu

Khandelwal

Phour

et al. 2018

Role of Rhizospheric Microbes in Soil

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Improvement of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Yield under Field Conditions by Inoculation of Microbial Strains

Cited by 6 publications

References 23 publications

Biofertilizers: An ecofriendly technology for nutrient recycling and environmental sustainability

Biofertilizers: An ecofriendly technology for nutrient recycling and environmental sustainability

Growth Inhibition of Pathogenic Fungi and Salt Tolerance Ability of Rhizosphere Bacteria

Bioherbicidal Potential of Rhizosphere Microorganisms for Ecofriendly Weed Management

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