ABSTRACT Corn and garlic are important crops to Curitibanos region (state of Santa Catarina – Brazil), often planted in alternate cropping seasons. Production costs are high, especially due to N fertilizer, since they are highly demanding in N. In addition to reducing economic costs, the search for environmentally sustainable technologies has stimulated the study of interactions between plants and growth-promoting microorganisms. Rhizobacteria, e.g., Bacillus sp., have been presenting as growth-promoting microorganisms. Five isolates of garlic rhizosphere from 27 individuals of […]

In the last decades, the use of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria has become an alternative to improve crop production. Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii is one of the most promising rhizobacteria and is even used with non-legume plants. This study investigated in vitro the occurrence of plant growth-promoting characteristics in several indigenous R. leguminosarum biovar trifolii isolated from soils in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Isolates were obtained at 11 locations and evaluated for indoleacetic acid and siderophore production […]

Despite numerous reports on plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), there are few of them explaining their mode of action. It is possible that some plants promote bacterial colonization in the rhizosphere to facilitate plant-bacterium interaction, as if there were a certain mutual specificity. The objective of this study was to verify if lettuce plants promote root colonization by fluorescent pseudomonads, in comparison with other plants and with Bacillus spp. Roots of lettuce and some other vegetables were sampled in different properties […]