Division of Microbiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi, 110012
* Present address: Reader in Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Akola (Maharashtra state).
A bacterium from the leaf surface and two from the roots of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) were isolated. The present studies showed that they were all able to produce auxins, cytokinin and gibberellin like substances which stimulated plant growth.
