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CHILEAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Volume 73, Issue 3, Pages 275-281Publisher
INST INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300010
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Burkholderia anthina; co-inoculation; Pantoea agglomerans; phosphate solubilization; tricalcium phosphate; Vigna radiata
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The aim of this work was to isolate phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) and assess their effect on the growth of mung bean (Vigna radiata [L.] R. Wilczek) plants. Of 31 isolated PSB strains, two efficient strains, identified as Pantoea agglomerans (PSB-1) and Burkholderia anthina (PSB-2), were employed in further studies. Maximum P solubilization (720.75 mu g mL(-1)) was recorded from the cultures co-inoculated with P. agglomerans and B. anthina. A strong positive correlation was found between pH and soluble P concentration in the medium, as well as between titratable acidity and P solubilization. Both strains under greenhouse conditions remarkably enhanced shoot and root length, shoot and root dry matter, and P uptake of mung bean plants. Growth was found to be further improved by adding tricalcium phosphate (TCP) with PSB inoculation. Co-inoculation of both PSB strains and adding TCP exhibited the highest growth performances and P uptake of mung bean plants; this implies that their applicability as a promising alternative to minimize the P problem in agricultural soils.
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