1Department of Basic Sciences, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan, 173230, Himachal Pradesh, India
Department of Organic Agriculture, Amity University, Noida, 201313, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Email for correspondence: deepshikhathakur86@gmail.com
Online published on 2 May, 2018.
The attempts were made to isolate and characterize the rhizospheric and endophytic microorganisms of Prunus avium L from various regions of district Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The isolated bacterial strains were characterized for plant growth promoting activities such as nitrogen fixation, phosphorous solubilization, siderophore production, antifungal activityand HCNproduction. Out of14 purified isolatesthe three isolates (VS2, VS6, and VS9)possessing maximum plant growth promoting attributes were selected for net house studies. The optimization of physiological conditions showed that the bacterial isolates were best grown at temperature 35°C and pH 7. Seedling bacterization significantly increased nutrition (NPK) uptake and various plant parameters over uninoculated plants. These three strains have considerable colonization and competitive ability thus proving to be ecofriendly, economical and more sustainable option in reducing the excessive use of expensive fertilizers.
Cherry, PGPR, Endophytic, optimization, growth, seedlings
