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Diversity, antifungal and plant growth promoting activity of actinomycetes from rhizosphere soils of medicinal plants

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Title Diversity, antifungal and plant growth promoting activity of actinomycetes from rhizosphere soils of medicinal plants
 
Creator GANGWAR, M
KATARIA, H
 
Subject Actinomycetes, Antagonistic activity, Indole-3-acetic acid, Rhizosphere and Siderophores
 
Description A total of 202 actinomycete isolates were obtained from 25 medicinal plant rhizosphere soils. These isolates belonged to Streptomyces (n = 175), Saccharopolyspora (n = 13), Micromonospora (n = 7), Noardia (n = 3), Pseudonocardia (n = 3) and Actinomadura (n = 1) spp. The highest number and diversity of actinomycetes were isolated from Curcuma longa L. rhizosphere soil (2.7 × 105/g). Eleven isolates displayed antagonistic activity against at least one of the eight phytopathogenic fungi tested. Fifty isolates exhibited indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) production in the range of 10.2-93.8 µg/ml. Forty seven isolates were able to solubilize phosphorus in the range of 0.02- 0.68 mg/ml. Seventeen isolates produced the amount of catechol-type siderophore ranging between 2.68-51.6 µg/ml. While all the 22 isolates produced hydroxamatetype siderophores ranging from 8.71-144.21 µg/ml. These results confirm that rhizospheric soils of medicinal plants represent an extremely rich reservoir for the isolation of significant diversity of actinomycetes that are potential sources for the discovery of biologically active compounds.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2013-12-24
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/35941
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 83, No 12 (2013)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/35941/15925
 
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