Fluorescent Bacterial Strains Antagonistic against Exserohilum turcicum Bhati Kaushal Kumar1,*, Singh Rajesh2 1National Agri-food biotechnology Institute, Mohali 2Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi *Email: Kaushal_bhati@yahoo.com
Online published on 16 February, 2013. Abstract E. turcicum is a fungal phytopathogen causing Turcicum Leaf Blight and responsible for a severe loss of yield in maize. This work was aimed to characterize the rhizospheric fluorescent Pseudomonas having antagonistic property against E. Turcicum, characterized by biochemical tests and 16S r DNA sequences Out of total 33 Isolates 6 bacterial strains MBLK 1, MBLK 3, MBLK 6, MBLK 15, MBLK 17, and MBLK 22 were found to be antagonistic against TLB. Antagonistic bacteria were analyzed for their plant growth promotion ability on maize genotype HUZ-M60. Top Keywords Antagonism, Fluorescent Pseudomonas, 16s r DNA, PGPRs. Top |