Enhancing Teak (<i>Tectona grandis</i>) Seedling Growth by Rhizosphere Microbes: A Sustainable Way to Optimize Agroforestry.

ABSTRACT: With its premium wood quality and resistance to pests, teak is a valuable tree species remarkably required for timber trading and agroforestry. The nursery stage of teak plantation needs critical care to warrant its long-term productivity. This study aimed to search for beneficial teak rhizosphere microbes and assess their teak-growth-promoting potentials during nursery stock preparation. Three teak rhizosphere/root-associated microbes, including two teak rhizobacteria (a nitrogen-fixing teak root endophyte-Agrobacterium sp. CGC-5 and a teak rhizosphere actinobacterium-Kitasatospora sp. TCM1-050) and an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (Claroideoglomus sp. PBT03), were isolated and used in this study. Both teak rhizobacteria could produce in vitro phytohormones (auxins) a

SUBMITTER: Chaiya L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8465541 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature