Effect of Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacteria on the Growth of Wheat Crop | ||
Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology | ||
Article 3, Volume 10, Issue 11, November 2019, Pages 221-225 PDF (690.94 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/jacb.2019.67368 | ||
Author | ||
H. A. EL-Zawawy* | ||
Botany Dept. (Microbiology) Fac. of Agric. Al-Azhar Univ. Cairo,, Egypt. | ||
Abstract | ||
Isolation and purification of cyanobacteria from kafr El-Sheikh soil samples revealed that, two isolates (Anabaena cylindrica and Nostoc clacicola) were acquired as bacterial free cyanobacteria and nitrogen fixed. These cynobacteria isolates were produced auxin (Indole-3-acetic acid), gibberellins (Gibberellic acid) and cytokinin (Zeatin). Therefore, when inoculation with Anabaena cylindrica, Nostoc clacicola and their mixture were significantly increased the plant height, number of spikes/m2, 1000-grain weight, grain yield, straw yield protein content% on wheat crop and total counts of cyanobacteria in soil. | ||
Keywords | ||
Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen fixers; Anabaena; Nostoc; wheat crop | ||
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