“…chitinase, gluconase, cellulose, pectinase, protease etc. (Raupach et al, 1996;Van Loon et al, 1998;Vidhyasekaran et al, 2001;Ramamoorthy and Samiyappan, 2001) and enhance the plant growth and yield either directly or indirectly by production of plant growth regulators, hormones like indole acetic acid, gibberlic acid, cytokinins and ethylene (Arshad and Frankenberger, 1993) and solubilization of minerals and nutrients (Gaur, 1990;Cattelan et al, 1999).…”