National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Microbes that are beneficial to plants are used to enhance the crop yield and are alternatives to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Bacillus species are the predominant plant growth-promoting bacteria. This study was aimed to isolate Bacillus species from soil of different regions of Kashmir and screen for their ability to promote plant growth directly or indirectly by testing their ability to produce plant growth hormone indole acetic acid, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia and phosphate solubilization. Fifty Bacillus strains were isolated from soil samples of different regions of Srinagar and Baramulla districts of Kashmir. These isolates were tested for plant growth promoting traits in vitro. Among the 50 isolates, 35 were indole acetic acid producer, 22 of the isolates showed the ability to solubilize the phosphate, 35 were able to produce ammonia and all the isolates had the ability to produce hydrogen cyanide. The isolated strains showed positive results to maximum PGPR traits and exhibited a potential to be used as alternatives to chemical fertilizers and pesticides and could be used as low-cost bio-based technology to promote plant growth in the agricultural sector.
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