Table 2.2
(continued)
Genus
Strain
Isolated from
Inoculated into
Bene
fi
ts provided to the nonnative host
Paenibacillus
P. polymyxa
strains 1D6,
4G12 and 4G4
Wild maize (teosinte)(Johnston-Monje andRaizada
2011
)
Modern maize (corn)hybrid (P35F40) (Mousaet al.
2015
)
Reduce Gibberella ear rot diseaseseverity
P. polymyxa
IAM 13419 and
P. ehimensis
IFO15659
Japanese honeysuckle(Zhao et al.
2015
)
Wheat (Zhao et al.
2015
) Increase seedling length, biomass and
chlorophyll content
P. polymyxa
P2b-2R
Lodgepole pine (Balet al.
2012
)
Corn (Puri et al.
2015
,
2016b
)
Fixes nitrogen and increases seedlinglength and biomass
Canola (Puri et al.2016a
; Padda et al.
2016a
,
b
)
Tomato (Padda et al.2016a
)
Pseudomonas
P.
sp. Ph6
Clover (Sun et al.
2014
) Ryegrass (Sun et al.
2014
)
Degrades phenanthrene, a toxicmetabolite that enters plant
P. aeruginosa
PM389
Pearl millet (Gupta et al. 2013
)
Wheat (Gupta et al. 2013
)
Increases root and shoot length andvigor index
P. brassicacearum
YC5480
Artemisia
sp. (Chung
et al.
2008
)
Radish (Chung et al. 2008
)
Counteracts inhibitory effect of apathogenic fungus on seed germinationand shoot growth
P. aeruginosa
PW09
Wheat (Pandey et al. 2012
)
Cucumber (Pandey et al. 2012
)
Increases seedling biomass under bioticand abiotic stresses
20 A. Puri et al.