Endophytes Crop Productivity and Protection Volume 2 (Sustainable Development and Biodiversity)

Table 8.2 (continued)

Endophytic

actinobacteria

Isolated from Plant beneficial trait Effect References

Actinoplanes

campanulatus,

Micromonospora

chalcea,

Streptomyces

spiralis

N.i. Biological control

and plant growth

promotion

Colonized the

internal tissues of

roots, stems and

leaves underfield

conditions;

promoted plant

growth and yield and

reduced seedling

damping-off and

root and crown rots

of mature cucumber

plants

El-Tarabily

et al. ( 2010 )

Streptomyces

sp. and non-

Streptomyces

Spontaneous

plants of

Algerian

Sahara

Production of IAA Promoted seed

germination and root

elongation

Goudjal

et al. ( 2013 )

Streptomyces

sp. and non-

Streptomyces

Native plants

of the Algerian

Sahara

Antifungal activity Increased seedling

fresh weight, the

length of shoot and

root; Reduced the

severity of

damping-off of

tomato seedlings

Goudjal

et al. ( 2014 )

Streptomycesspp. N.i. Production of

chitinase,

phosphatase and

siderophore

Increased plant

height and produced

higher tiller number;

Inhibited the growth

ofXanthomonas

oryzaepv.oryzae

Hastuti

et al. ( 2012 )

Streptomycesspp. Triticum

aestivum

Solubilization of

phosphate,

production of

phytase, chitinase,

IAA, siderophore

and malate

Improved plant

growth, biomass and

mineral (Fe, Mn, P)

content under

non-axenic

conditions

Jog et al.

( 2014 )

Streptomycesspp. Medicago

sativa

Growth promotion

and N 2 - fixation

Improved shoot

weight and the

number of nodules

Le et al.

( 2016 )

Microbisporasp.,

Streptomycessp.,

Micromonospora

sp.

Brassica rapa Biological control Suppressed the

occurrence of a

post-inoculated

strain of

Plasmodiophora

brassicae

Lee et al.

( 2008 )

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