Table 2.2List of important endophytic bacteria reported to colonize and promote growth of nonnative plant hostsGenusStrainIsolated fromInoculated intoBenefi
ts provided to the nonnative hostArthrobacterA. humicolaYC6002Korean turf grass(Chung et al.2010)Radish (Chung et al. 2010)Weed managementAzoarcusA.sp. BH72Kallar grass(Reinhold-Hurek et al. 1993)Rice (Hurek et al.1994) Increases biomass and total proteinBacillusB. subtilisEDR4Wheat (Qiao et al.2006) Rapeseed (Chen et al.2014)Biocontrol against pathogenic fungusB. licheniformisCHM1Rice (Wang et al.2009a) Cole (Wang et al.2009a) Increases fresh weight and chlorophyllcontentB. subtilisFL andB.atrophaeusNRRLNRS-213Japanese honeysuckle(Zhao et al.2015)Wheat (Zhao et al.2015) Increases seedling biomass and lengthB. subtilisEPC8Coconut (Rajendranet al.2008)Tomato(Prabhukarthikeyan et al. 2014)Increases plant length and fruit yieldBurkholderiaB. gladioli3A12Corn (Shehata et al. 2016)Creeping bentgrass(Shehata et al.2016)Biocontrol against common croppathogensB. cenocepacia869T2Vetiver grass (Ho et al. 2015)Banana (Ho et al.2015) Biocontrol against fungus that causesPanama disease of BananaB. phytofi
rmansPsJNOnion (Frommel et al. 1991)Potato (Frommel et al. 1991)Enhances root growth and plant lignincontentPotato (Frommel et al. 1993)Enhances root growth and overallyieldsGrapevine (Compantet al.2005,^2008)Increases seedling length and freshweight(continued)18 A. Puri et al.