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

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

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