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Insecticide-tolerant and plant growth promoting Bradyrhizobium sp. (vigna) improves the growth and yield of greengram [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] in insecticide-stressed soils

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This study was designed to identify rhizobial strains specific to greengram expressing higher tolerance against insecticides, fipronil and pyriproxyfen, and synthesizing plant growth regulators even amid insecticide-stress. Of the 50 bradyrhizobial isolates, the Bradyrhizobium sp. strain MRM6 showed tolerance up to 1,600 μg mL−1 against each of fipronil and pyriproxyfen. The tolerant Bradyrhizobium sp. (vigna) produced plant growth promoting substances in substantial amounts, both in the presence and absence of insecticides. The strain MRM6 was further used to investigate its impact on greengram grown in soils treated with 200 (the recommended dose), 400 and 600 μg kg−1 soil of fipronil and 1,300 (the recommended dose), 2,600 and 3,900 μg kg−1 soil of pyriproxyfen. Fipronil at 600 μg kg−1 soils and pyriproxyfen at 3,900 μg kg−1 soils had greatest toxic effects and decreased plant biomass, symbiotic efficiency, nutrient uptake and seed yield of greengram plants. The Bradyrhizobium sp. (vigna) inoculant when used with fipronil and pyriproxyfen significantly increased the measured parameters compared to the plants grown in soils treated solely with the same concentration of each insecticide. This study inferred that the Bradyrhizobium sp. (vigna) strain MRM6 may be exploited as bio-inoculant to increase the productivity of greengram exposed to insecticide-stressed soils.

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We thank Dr. N. A. Naqvi, Parijat Agrochemicals, New Delhi, India, for providing technical grade insecticides and University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India, for financial support.

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Ahemad, M., Khan, M.S. Insecticide-tolerant and plant growth promoting Bradyrhizobium sp. (vigna) improves the growth and yield of greengram [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] in insecticide-stressed soils. Symbiosis 54, 17–27 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-011-0122-6

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