Table 20.1 Obligate and facultative endophytic diazotrophs occurring in non-legume plants
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Diazotroph
Plant
Plant part
Facultatives
Azospirillum brasilense
Cereals
Forage grasses
Sugarcane
Roots, stems, seeds
Roots, stems
Roots, stems, leaves
Azospirillum lipoferum
Cereals
Forage grasses
Sugarcane
Tuber plants
Palm trees
Roots, leaves
Roots, stems, seeds, xylem sap
Roots, stems, leaves
Tubers, roots
Roots, stems, fruits
Azospirillum amazonense
Cereals
Sugarcane
Palm trees
Roots, stems, seeds
Roots, stems
Roots, stems, fruits
Burkholderia
Rice
Sugarcane
Roots
Stems, leaves
Azospirillum irakense
Rice
Roots
Bacillus subtilis
Rice
Stems, roots, leaves
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
Gossypium sp.
(cotton)
Roots
Paenibacillus sp.
Chinese hybrid
poplar
Larch
Spruce
Tissue cultured shoots
Tissue cultured shoots
Tissue cultured shoots
Enterobacter ludwigii
Vitis vinifera
Planlets
Roots
Obligates
Azorhizobium
Sesbania, rice, wheat Roots
Herbaspirillum seropedicae
Cereals
Sugarcane
Forage grasses
Palm trees
Roots, stems, leaves, seeds
Roots, stems
Roots, stems, leaves
Roots, stems
Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans Sugarcane
Miscanthus spp.
Roots, stems, leaves
Roots, stems, leaves
Herbaspirillum frisingense
Miscanthus spp.
Spartina pectinata
Pennisetum
purpureum
Roots
Roots
Roots, stems
Gluconacetobacter
diazotrophicus
Sugarcane
Pennisetum purpureum
Sweet potato
Roots, stems, leaves, trash roots,
Stems
Roots, stems, tubers
Azoarcus spp.
Kallar grass
Rice
Cereals
Roots, stems
Plant
Roots, stems, leaves
Burkholderia brasilensis
Sugarcane
Tuber plants
Palm trees
Roots, stems, leaves
Roots, tubers
Roots, stems
Burkholderia “tropicalis”
Sugarcane
Roots, stems
a After Reis et al. (2000)
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