The use of rhizobacteria in plant growth promoting process

• Authors: A. Kalitkiewicz , E. Kepczynska
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This review focuses on the present knowledge about beneficial free-living soil bacteria that associate closely with plant as plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). Growth promotion can occur mainly by two mechanisms (1) directly by phytohormone production (e.g. gibberelin, auxin and cytokinin) or enzymatic lowering of plant ethylene levels (ACC deaminase), nitrogen fixation, iron chelating by siderophores, phosphorum solubilization or (2) indirectly by the reduction or prevention of the action of plant pathogens. The properties of PGPR offer a great promise for agronomic applications. This review presents examples of its application in practice.

Keywords

EN

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PLANT GROWTH; RHIZOBACTERIA

Discipline

• BIOTECHNOLOGY: BIOTECHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee of Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Biotechnologia
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 102-114

Contributors

author

A. Kalitkiewicz

author

E. Kepczynska

• Document Type: REVIEW
• Publication order reference: Ewa Kepczynska, Zaklad Biotechnologii Roslin, Katedra Fizjologii i Biotechnologii Roslin, Uniwersytet Szczecinski, ul. Waska 13, 71-415 Szczecin, Poland