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ArticleArchives of microbiology2021

Phosphate solubilization and multiple plant growth promoting properties of Mesorhizobium species nodulating chickpea from acidic soils of Ethiopia.

Atsede Muleta, Kassahun Tesfaye, Tekle Haimanot Haile Selassie, Douglas R Cook, Fassil Assefa

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Article in Archives of microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Selection of competitive and effective rhizobial strain for enhanced chickpea production under Indo-Gangetic plains of India.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025
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  6. Phenotypic and genomic characterization of phosphate-solubilizing rhizobia isolated from native Mimosa and Desmodium in Brazil.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2024
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Atsede MuletaDepartment of Microbial Cellular and Molecular Biology, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. atsede_muleta@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3118-7360
Kassahun TesfayeInstitutes of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Tekle Haimanot Haile SelassieInstitutes of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Douglas R CookDepartment of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA, 956168680, USA.
Fassil AssefaDepartment of Microbial Cellular and Molecular Biology, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Addis Ababa University · ETUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

USAID-PEER Program Cycle-4, administered by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). Project 4-315 Ethiopia
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to screen and select strains from seven Mesorhizobium spp. for efficient phosphate solubilizing and other plant growth-promoting traits. Mesorhizobium species were tested for their ability to dissolve inorganic phosphate sources and multiple plant growth-promoting attributes. From a total of 62 Mesorhizobium strains, 47(76%) strains formed clear zones with an average PSI of 1.9-2.7 on Pikovskaya's agar plate. The selected strains also released soluble phosphorus [125-150 P (µgml-1)] from tri-calcium phosphate and low level of phosphorous i.e., 15.4 µg/ml and 14.5 µg/ml from inorganic ferrous and aluminum phosphates, respectively, in a liquid medium after 4 days of incubation. The release of soluble P was significantly (P < 0.01) correlated with a drop in pH of the medium. Moreover, screening for multiple plant growth-promoting attributes showed that 40, 28, 26, 21, and 38% of the strains were capable of producing indole-3-acetic acid, hydrogen cyanide, siderophores, ACC deaminase, and antagonism against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris under in vitro conditions. The Mesorhizobium strains were endowed with the presence of ACC deaminase which was rarely reported elsewhere. All taken together, the acidic soils harbor numerous and more diverse phosphate solubilizing and plant growth-promoting Mesorhizobium spp. However, greenhouse and field conditions can be further studied within the context of improving chickpea production in Ethiopia.

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Soil MicrobiologyAntibiosisCarbon-Carbon LyasesCicerEthiopiaFusariumIndoleacetic AcidsMesorhizobiumPhosphatesRoot Nodules, PlantSiderophoresSoil1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminaseCarbon-Carbon Lyasesindoleacetic acidIndoleacetic AcidsPhosphatesSiderophoresSoilACC deaminase activityHydrogen cyanideIndole-3-acetic acidSiderophore

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