Maize, Zea mays is the most important grain crop in South Africa and is a staple food in
many African countries. The beneficial effects of plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria on …

Seed quality is one of the most important factors influencing crop quality and yield. Seed
germination and vigour, components of seed quality, are therefore important characteristics …

Engineering of plant rhizosphere with beneficial plant growth promoting (PGP) bacteria
offers a great promise for sustainable crop productivity. In this context, 49 rhizospheric …

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are free-living soil-borne bacteria that
colonize the rhizosphere and have great importance in governing the functional property of …

The region around the plant root referred to as the rhizosphere, is the zone where various
microbial activity occurs. It performs crucial functions such as increasing the uptake of …

The aim of the study was to investigate ability of Pseudomonas sp. Q4b, Bacillus sp. Q5a
and Azotobacter chroococcum strain 8 to enrich a population of plant growth promoting …

Biocontrol agents isolated outside Africa have performed inconsistently under field
conditions in Africa. The development of indigenous phytobeneficial microbial strains that …

Rhizobacteria isolated from the rhizoplane of grasses growing at the Nylsvlei Nature
Reserve in South Africa were investigated for growth promotion and root colonization in …

Thirty eight rhizobacteria were isolated from the maize rhizosphere soil and were evaluated
on the basis of their ability to produce auxins (IAA-equivalents) in vitro. The eleven isolates …

Our study aims to characterize Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) isolated from
maize roots in five agroecological zones of central and northern Benin. Sixty samples were …