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Plant growth-promoting activities of fluorescent pseudomonads, isolated from the Iranian soils

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Fluorescent pseudomonads are among the most influencing plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in plants rhizosphere. In this research work the plant growth-promoting activities of 40 different strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Pseudomonas putida, previously isolated from the rhizosphere of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and canola (Brassica napus L.) and maintained in the microbial collection of Soil and Water Research Institute, Tehran, Iran, were evaluated. The ability of bacteria to produce auxin and siderophores and utilizing P sources with little solubility was determined. Four strains of Wp1 (P. putida), Cfp10 (Pseudomonas sp.), Wp150 (P. putida), and Wp159 (P. putida) were able to grow in the DF medium with ACC. Thirty percent of bacterial isolates from canola rhizosphere and 33% of bacterial isolates from wheat rhizosphere were able to produce HCN. The results indicate that most of the bacteria, tested in the experiment, have plant growth-promoting activities. This is the first time that such PGPR species are isolated from the Iranian soils. With respect to their great biological capacities they can be used for wheat and canola inoculation in different parts of the world, which is of very important agricultural implications.

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  1. Department of Soil Science, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

    P. Abbas-Zadeh & N. Saleh-Rastin

  2. Department of Soil Science, Soil and Water Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

    H. Asadi-Rahmani

  3. Department of Soil Biology, Soil and Water Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

    K. Khavazi & A. R. Shoary-Nejati

  4. Department of Soil Biology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

    A. Soltani

  5. Department of Soil Science, College of Agricultural Sciences, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran

    Mohammad Miransari

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Abbas-Zadeh, P., Saleh-Rastin, N., Asadi-Rahmani, H. et al. Plant growth-promoting activities of fluorescent pseudomonads, isolated from the Iranian soils. Acta Physiol Plant 32, 281–288 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-009-0405-1

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