Phylogenetics of PGP Acinetobacter species from wheat rhizosphere

ISBN-13: 9783845421636 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str.

Dhara Sachdev

Opis

India is a country of agriculture however due to increasing population and loss of soil fertility; there is a strong need to obtain sustainable agriculture. One way to achieve sustainable agriculture is to apply plant growth promoting rhizobacteria to agricultural fields. Exploration of diversity and plant growth promoting traits of bacteria such as Acinetobacter from rhizosphere of wheat; a major cash crop; was thus undertaken. In this investigation, use of Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis along with genus specific primers and the nested PCR approach helped to account the complete Acinetobacter population and thus has publicized that diverse Acinetobacter species associated with rhizosphere of wheat varieties cultivated in different soil types. The investigation also revealed that there transpires rhizosphere effect on Acinetobacter species associated with wheat rhizosphere. Further, this study has given an insight to the beneficial role of associated Acinetobacter species in plant growth promotion of wheat. In conclusion, this piece of research work has commenced a new paradigm to reveal role of Acinetobacter in sustainable agriculture.

O autorze

Dhara Sachdev had PhD degree in Biotechnology from University of Pune, India in 2009. Her study is published in peer reviewed journals. She is author of more than 200 nucleotide sequences at NCBI. Her research areas are soil, medical and molecular microbiology. She is member of associations; ASM (USA), AMI (India), ISBT (India) and IWSA (India).