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Development of Microbial Consortia for Growth Attributes and Protein Content in Micropropagated Bacopa monnieri (L.)

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The study was conducted for evaluation of the effect of microbial consortia for growth attributes and protein content of micropropagated plants of Bacopa monnieri. Five microbial strains e.g., Pseudomonas sp. BHUPSB04, Pseudomonas sp. BHUPSB06, Burkholderia sp. BHUPSB03, Bacillus sp. BHUPSB13 and Paenibacillus sp. BHUPSB16 were isolated and characterised on the basis of biochemical and molecular characters. Burkholderia sp. BHUPSB03 was screened as an effective and significant for phosphate solubilisation, production of indole-3-acetic acid, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide and siderophores. Hydrogen cyanide was produced by other strains namely Bacillus sp. BHUPSB13, Paenibacillus sp. BHUPSB16 and Pseudomonas sp. BHUPSB04. Higher indole-3-acetic acid production was recorded with Burkholderia sp. BHUPSB03 followed by Bacillus sp. BHUPSB13, Pseudomonas sp. BHUPSB04 and Pseudomonas sp. BHUPSB06 as compared to A. Brasilense and T. harzianum. Tetra inoculation of microbial consortia Azospirillum + Pseudomonas sp. BHUPSB06 + Trichoderma + Burkholderia sp. BHUPSB03 showed maximum growth attributes like shoot length, number of branching, dry weight and protein content in micropropagated plants of B. monnieri followed by tri-inoculation of A. brasilense + Pseudomonas sp. BHUPSB06 with Burkholderia sp. BHUPSB03/Pseudomonas sp. BHUPSB04/Paenibacillus sp. BHUPSB16/Bacillus sp. BHUPSB13 as compared to control and other treatments. Therefore, tetra and tri inoculations may be used as most efficient microbial consortia for enhancing the growth attributes and protein content in shoots of B. monnieri.

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Authors are thankful to Head, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry for providing Plant Growth Chamber for conducting this experiment in soil microbiology laboratory. Fund was provided for this study to Prof. Janardan Yadav from Centre of Organic Farming Centre Ghaziabad, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.

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  1. Department of Environment and Sustainable Development, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., 221005, India

    Jay Prakash Verma

  2. Department of Botany, MMV, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., 221005, India

    Kavindra Nath Tiwari & Awadhesh Kumar Mishra

  3. Departmant of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., 221005, India

    Janardan Yadav

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Verma, J.P., Tiwari, K.N., Yadav, J. et al. Development of Microbial Consortia for Growth Attributes and Protein Content in Micropropagated Bacopa monnieri (L.). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. 88, 143–151 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40011-016-0743-x

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