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Agrobacterium radiobacter, strain B6 (a strain isolated in this laboratory, which limited the occurrence of damping-off of sugar beet and influenced growth of plants in hot-house and field experiments) was found to produce an acidic exopolysaccharide in a mineral medium with various carbon sources. Hydrolyzates of the polysaccharide contained glucose, galactose, glycerol, succinic acid and pyruvic acid, whose quantitative content varied according to the carbon source used. The polysaccharide isolated from the medium containing glucose exhibited the highest physiological activity. Seeds germinated best and sugar beet roots were found to grow most rapidly in a medium containing 0.2 % (W/W) of the polysaccharide. The roots exposed for 3 d in this medium grew 2.7-fold as compared with non-treated plants. Higher sumbers of microorganisms were detected on the surface of roots treated with the polysaccharide. Growth of roots was also stimulated when immersing the seeds (30 min) in a 0.2 –0.4 % solution of this polysaccharide. After a two-fold treatment the roots were less damaged by the fungusPythium ultimum. Plants from seeds treated with the polysaccharide grew in the field soil more rapidly than the non-treated plants but worse than after bacterization of the seeds byA. radiobacter B6 and were only partially protected against the damping-off of sugar beet.
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Staněk, M., Řičica, J., Šimová, E. et al. Effect of the polysaccharide ofAgrobacterium radiobacter on the growth of plants and occurrence of damping-off in sugar beet. Folia Microbiol 28, 91–99 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02877363
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