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Pigment Diverse Mutants of Pseudomonas sp.: Inhibition of Fungal Growth and Stimulation of Growth of Cicer arietinum

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Biologia Plantarum

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A Pseudomonas strain MRS16 inhibited growth of different pathogenic fungi (Aspergillus sp., Fusarium oxysporum, Pythium aphanidermatum and Rhizoctonia solani) in vitro. Larger inhibition zones were obtained on nutrient agar and King's B media compared to potato dextrose agar and pigment production media. Mutants altered in production of fluorescent pigment were derived by nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis. The pigment overproducer mutant MRS16M-1 was more inhibitory whereas nonproducer mutant MRS16M-5 was less inhibitory than parent strain on nutrient agar medium. Addition of iron (100 µM FeCl3) in the medium decreased inhibition of fungal growth, suggesting the involvement of siderophores and other antifungal secondary metabolites. Seed bacterization of two cultivars of chickpea (Cicer arietinum cvs. H8618 and C235) differing in susceptibility to wilt caused initial root and shoot stunting at 5 d of growth followed by proliferation of secondary root growth at 10 d. Coinoculation of chickpea with Pseudomonas strain MRS16 or mutants and Rhizobium sp. Cicer strain Ca181 enhanced nodulation, nitrogen fixation and plant dry mass as compared to single inoculation with Rhizobium strain under sterile conditions.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar -, 125 004, India

    A.K. Goel, S.S. Sindhu & K.R. Dadarwal

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Goel, A., Sindhu, S. & Dadarwal, K. Pigment Diverse Mutants of Pseudomonas sp.: Inhibition of Fungal Growth and Stimulation of Growth of Cicer arietinum. Biologia Plantarum 43, 563–569 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002877917537

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