Plant Growth-Promoting Activities of Bacillus Subtilis Mbi 600 (Integral®) and Its Compatibility With Commonly Used Fungicides in Rice Sheath Blight Management

Rhizobacterial Control of Root Diseases and Stimulation of Plant Growth

“…The most common examples of these dual wielding microbes hail from the genera Pseudomonas and Bacillus, however there are some other examples including Serratia, Azospirillum and Enterobacter. Commercial products exist for some of these dual action PGPR, such as Bacillus strains MBI600 or GB03 in the products Integral® and Kodiak® respectively [264,265] and Pseudomonas strain MA342 in the product Cedomon® [266]. It is easy to understand that effective biocontrol can aid the plant by reducing pathogen pressure, but how these mechanisms of biocontrol are also able to stimulate plant growth is still an area of research that needs to be developed.…”

Evaluation of effective bacterial isolates for their plant growth promoting (PGP) activities in chickpea

“…Bacterial suspensions of different strains were used as seed priming. Before seed sowing, seeds were soaked in a bacterial suspension (one ml broth dissolved in 10 ml water) for 12 hours (seed priming) (Kumar et al, 2011). Uninoculated seeds served as control.…”

“…Lee et al (2008) reported that treatment with different isolates of B. subtilis significantly increased red pepper's root and shoot length. Kumar et al (2011) reported that seed treatment with B. subtilis strain MBI 600 significantly increased shoot and root lengths at all concentrations in rice cultivars Cocodrie, Catahoula, and Trenasse under controlled conditions. Shoot and root length increased from 39 to 42 mm and 47 to 69mm, respectively, at a CFU concentration of 2.20 x 109 CFUs/ml in all cultivars compared to the control seedlings (20 mm).…”