ABSTRACT Inoculating corn with diazotrophic bacteria as growth promoters has been demonstrated to be an efficient agricultural practice in Brazil, mainly due to the root stimulation they provide to plants. This study investigates the corn (Zea mays L.) root architecture in a greenhouse assay where A. baldaniorum Sp245 and H. seropedicae ZAE94 strains were inoculated and evaluated for 22 days under two N levels: 0.6 and 6 mmol L-1 of N. Short-term bioassays were conducted to assess the plant’s response […]

ABSTRACT An alternative for recovery of areas degraded by coal mining is revegetation with rapidly growing leguminous trees, which often do not establish in low fertility soils. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of native rhizobia isolated from coal mining areas in the nodulation and growth of leguminous trees. We isolated 19 strains of rhizobia from a degraded soil near Criciúma, SC, Brazil, and evaluated the nodulation and growth-promoting capacity of the inoculated isolates for bracatinga […]

Inoculating wheat seeds with nitrogen-fixing bacteria such as Azospirillum brasilense may be beneficial to the crop and reduce the need for N application. Nevertheless, few studies have measured the benefit of this practice on irrigated wheat with the expectation of high yield and demand for N. The objective of this study was to evaluate the yield and N content of irrigated wheat under different N application rates, with and without inoculation with A. brasilense. Two experiments were carried out in […]

Several reports have shown the benefits of atmospheric nitrogen-fixing prokaryotes in growth and nutrition of many plant species; however, these microorganisms in the rhizosphere of rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis) have not been investigated so far. Thus, the objective of this study was to verify the occurrence of diazotrophic bacteria in soils and roots of a plantation of rubber trees, and to isolate and characterize these bacteria. For this purpose, soil and fine roots of rubber trees were sampled on the […]

Azospirillum amazonense is a widespread N2 fixing bacterium, occurring mainly in association with grasses and palm trees roots. Aiming to study its occurrence in species of other families not yet studied and the efficiency of media. Fam and LGI for its detection, these were used for rhizosphere soil counting or for enrichment cultures of rhizosphere soil, ecto and endorhizosphere. A. amazonense was detected in rhizosphere soil, ecto and endorhizosphere of many species belonging to monocotyledons, including Orchidaceae and dicotyledons with. […]