Plant Growth Promoting Effects of Nepalese Sweet Potato Endophytes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Bacterial Strains
2.2. Evaluation of Plant Growth Promoting Properties
2.2.1. IAA Production
2.2.2. Nitrogen Fixation Activity
2.3. Effect of Inoculation on Sweet Potato
2.4. Effect of Inoculation on Tomato
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. IAA Production
3.2. Nitrogen Fixation Activity
3.3. Effect of Inoculation on Sweet Potato
3.4. Effect of Inoculation on Tomatoes
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Strain | * Most Similar Genus | Class | Accession Number |
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Sal 1 | Klebsiella sp. | Gammaproteobacteria | LC389410 |
Sal 2 | Flavobacterium sp. | Flavobacteriia | LC389415 |
Sal 3 | Enterobacter sp. | Gammaproteobacteria | LC389433 |
Sal 4 | Rhizobium sp. | Alphaproteobacteria | LC389434 |
Sal 5 | Stenotrophomonas sp. | Gammaproteobacteria | LC389439 |
Sal 6 | Herbasprillum sp. | Betaproteobacteria | LC389442 |
Sal 7 | Agrobacterium sp. | Alphaproteobacteria | LC389443 |
Sal 8 | Microbacterium sp. | Actinobacteria | LC389445 |
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Adhikari Dhungana, S.; Adachi, F.; Hayashi, S.; Raj Puri, R.; Itoh, K. Plant Growth Promoting Effects of Nepalese Sweet Potato Endophytes. Horticulturae 2018, 4, 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae4040053
Adhikari Dhungana S, Adachi F, Hayashi S, Raj Puri R, Itoh K. Plant Growth Promoting Effects of Nepalese Sweet Potato Endophytes. Horticulturae. 2018; 4(4):53. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae4040053
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdhikari Dhungana, Sabitri, Fumihiko Adachi, Shohei Hayashi, Ramesh Raj Puri, and Kazuhito Itoh. 2018. "Plant Growth Promoting Effects of Nepalese Sweet Potato Endophytes" Horticulturae 4, no. 4: 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae4040053