| Autor: |
Ahmad I; Department of Soil Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan., Ahmad M; Department of Soil Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan., Bushra; Department of Soil Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan., Hussain A; Department of Soil Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan., Mumtaz MZ; Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan., Najm-Ul-Seher; Department of Soil Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan., Abbasi GH; Institute of Agro-Industry and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan., Nazli F; Institute of Agro-Industry and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan., Pataczek L; Institute of Landscape and Plant Ecology, University of Hohenheim, Ottilie-Zeller-Weg 2, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany., Ali HM; Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. |
| Abstrakt: |
Many farmers' incomes in developing countries depend on the cultivation of major crops grown in arid and semi-arid regions. The agricultural productivity of arid and semi-arid areas primarily relies on chemical fertilizers. The effectiveness of chemical fertilizers needs to improve by integration with other sources of nutrients. Plant growth-promoting bacteria can solubilize nutrients, increase plant nutrient uptake, and supplement chemical fertilizers. A pot experiment evaluated the promising plant growth-promoting bacterial strain's effectiveness in promoting cotton growth, antioxidant enzymes, yield, and nutrient uptake. Two phosphate solubilizing bacterial strains ( Bacillus subtilis IA6 and Paenibacillus polymyxa IA7) and two zinc solubilizing bacterial strains ( Bacillus sp. IA7 and Bacillus aryabhattai IA20) were coated on cotton seeds in a single as well as co-inoculation treatments. These treatments were compared with uninoculated controls in the presence and absence of recommended chemical fertilizer doses. The results showed the co-inoculation combination of Paenibacillus polymyxa IA7 and Bacillus aryabhattai IA20 significantly increased the number of bolls, seed cotton yield, lint yield, and antioxidants activities, including superoxide dismutase, guaiacol peroxidase, catalase, and peroxidase. Co-inoculation combination of Bacillus subtilis IA6 and Bacillus sp. IA16 promoted growth attributes, including shoot length, root length, shoot fresh weight, and root fresh weight. This co-inoculation combination also increased soil nutrient content. At the same time, Paenibacillus polymyxa IA7 + Bacillus aryabhattai IA20 increased nutrient uptake by plant shoots and roots compared. |
