Table 22.2
(continued)
PGPR
Associated crop
Media
a
PGP traits
b
MIC
c
/MBC/
MTC/MRL/
Highest
tolerance
Plant growth
promotion
study
performed on
(plant)
Mode of
study
Improvements in
crops after PGPR
inoculation
Reference
Agrobacterium
fabrum
SDW
6
Zea mays
(Maize)
Dworkin and Foster
(DF) nutrient
100 mg L
À1
Cr
Phosphate,
siderophore,
IAA,
potassium
(MIC- ND)
Cr
Z. mays
Pot
experiment
• Improvement in
intake of N, P, K
in leaves and in
roots of maize
after combined
application of
SDW
6 with
500
μM Fe
• SDW
6 had better efficiency than
SDW
10
• Significantly
enhanced of chlorophyll content
• Enhancement of
root-shoot dry
weight, plant
height, rootsshoot length in
maize by SDW
6
strain
Danish
et al.
(2019)
Leclercia
adecarboxylata
SDW
10
Serratia
liquefaciens
CL-1
Amaranthus tricolor
(Elephant-head
amaranth)
Luria–Bertani's
(LB) supplemented
with 3mM Cd
IAA,
siderophore,
ACCD
(High degree
of resistancemM)
Cd-6.2
Pb-12.0
Cu-6.3
Brassica
napus
(Oilseed rape)
Pot
experiment
• Cell adsorption
of Cd increased
by strain CL-1
compared to
strain X30
• Biomass, pH,
polyamine content relative
abundance of
Han et al.
(2018)
Bacillus
thuringiensis
X30
IAA, ACCD Cd-3.6
Pb-8.7
Cu-3.9
456
K. Pramanik et al.