naa a22 4500 510788599 CHVBK 20180411083311.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12298-013-0178-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12298-013-0178-2 Plant growth stimulation of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) by inoculation of salinity tolerant Azotobacter strains [Elektronische Daten] [Deepika Chaudhary, Neeru Narula, S. Sindhu, R. Behl] Five salinity tolerant Azotobacter strains i.e., ST3, ST6, ST9, ST17 and ST24 were obtained from saline soils. These Azotobacter strains were used as inoculant for wheat variety WH157 in earthen pots containing saline soil under pot house conditions, using three fertilizer treatment doses i.e., control (no fertilizer, no inoculation), 90 Kg Nha−1 and 120 Kg Nha−1. Inoculation with salinity tolerant Azotobacter strains caused significant increase in total nitrogen, biomass and grain yield of wheat. Maximum increase in plant growth parameters were obtained after inoculation with Azotobacter strain ST24 at fertilization dose of 120kgN ha−1 and its inoculation resulted in attaining 89.9cms plant height, 6.1g seed yield, 12.0g shoot dry weight and 0.7 % total nitrogen. The survival of Azotobacter strain ST24 in the soil was also highest in all the treatments at 30, 60 and 90days after sowing (DAS). However, the population of Azotobacter decreased on 90 DAS as compared to counts observed at 60 DAS at all the fertilization treatments. Prof. H.S. Srivastava Foundation for Science and Society, 2013 Azotobacter nationallicence Wheat nationallicence Salinity tolerance nationallicence Plant height nationallicence Shoot dry weight nationallicence Seed yield nationallicence Chaudhary Deepika Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, 125 004, Hisar, India aut Narula Neeru Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, 125 004, Hisar, India aut Sindhu S. Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, 125 004, Hisar, India aut Behl R. Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, 125 004, Hisar, India aut Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants Springer India 19/4(2013-10-01), 515-519 0971-5894 19:4<515 2013 19 12298 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-013-0178-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-013-0178-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chaudhary Deepika Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, 125 004, Hisar, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Narula Neeru Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, 125 004, Hisar, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sindhu S. Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, 125 004, Hisar, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Behl R. Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, 125 004, Hisar, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants Springer India 19/4(2013-10-01), 515-519 0971-5894 19:4<515 2013 19 12298 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer