A NEW METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING THE EFFECT OF AZOSPIRILLUM AND OTHER PGPR STRAINS ON MAIZE AND SUNFLOWER SEEDLINGS

Jacques Fages (1) , Isabelle Penot (1) , Jean-François Arsac (1)

1 Pioneer France Maïs

A new germination test on filter paper is proposed to screen for plant-beneficial bacterial isolates on the basis of their effect on plant growth. When used to compare strains inoculated on maize and sunflower, this test allowed the measurement of significan differences betweenstrain effects on growth

Domaines: Interactions entre organismes; Amélioration des plantes

Jacques Fages, Isabelle Penot, Jean-François Arsac. A NEW METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING THE EFFECT OF AZOSPIRILLUM AND OTHER PGPR STRAINS ON MAIZE AND SUNFLOWER SEEDLINGS. The second international workshop on Plant-Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria, Geneviève Défago, Oct 1990, Interlaken, Switzerland. pp.227-230. ⟨hal-01702024⟩