Plant growth promoting activities of endophytic bacteria from Melia azedarach (Meliaceae) and their influence on plant growth under gnotobiotic conditions.

ABSTRACT: Bacteria that live asymptomatically within plant tissues are known as endophytes. Because of the close relation with the plant host, they have been a matter of interest for application as plant growth promoters. Melia azedarach is a widely distributed medicinal tree with proven insecticidal, antimicrobial, and antiviral activity. The aim of this study was to isolate and characterize endophytic bacteria from M. azedarach and analyze their plant growth promoting activities for the potential application as biological products. Bacteria were isolated from roots and leaves of trees growing in two locations of Northeastern Argentina. The isolates were characterized by repetitive extragenic palindromic sequence PCR and 16S rDNA sequence analysis. The plant growth-promoting activitie

SUBMITTER: Ramirez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11337034 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature