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Table 13.4
Plant growth-promoting bacteria reported to enhance nutrient use efficiency and nutrient uptake
PGPR
NUE/nutrient uptake
Crop
Reference
Pseudomonas
sp.
Nutrient uptake
Wheat
(Triticum aestivum)
Shaharooma et al. (2008)
Burkholderia cepacia
RRE25
Enhancement in nutrient use efficiency. Rice
(Oryza sativa)
Singh et al. (2013)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
QS-40
Enhancement in nitrogen use efficiency. Sunflower
(Helianthus annuus)
Arif et al. (2017)
Bacillus amyloliquifaciens
IN937a, Bacillus pumilus
T4
Increased N, P uptake and nutrient use
efficiency
Tomato
(Solanum lycopersicum)
Fan et al. (2017)
Pseudomonas fluorescens, Bacillus megaterium,
Azospirillum brasilense
High nutrient uptake and nutrient use
efficiency.
Maize
(Zea maizae)
Gulnaz et al. (2017)
Pantoea agglomerans, Rahnella aquatilis
and
Pseudomonas orientalis
High nitrogen, phosphorus and
potassium uptake, increased nutrient
use efficiency.
Rice
(Oryza sativa)
Khanghahi et al. (2018)
Bacillus subtilis
and B. pumilus
High nitrogen, phosphorus and
potassium uptake, increased nutrient
use efficiency. Also, high residual
availability of nutrients after crop
harvest
Amaranth (Amaranthus
hypochondriacus)
Pandey et al. (2018b)