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Bioinoculation using indigenous Bacillus spp. improves growth and yield of Zea mays under the influence of nanozeolite

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Bio-inoculants play an important role for sustainable agriculture. Application of nanocompounds in the agriculture sector provides strength and is reported to enhance crop production but the combined effect of nanocompounds and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on plants has not been studied much. Therefore, the present study was planned to observe the effect of two plant growth promotory Bacillus spp. along with nanozeolite on maize under field conditions using a randomized block design. Combined treatment of nanozeolite and bio-inoculants promoted plant height, root length, fresh and dry weight of shoot and root, chlorophyll, carotenoids, total sugar, protein and phenol contents in maize significantly over control. Enhanced level of catalase, peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, phenols, alcohols and acid-esters in treated plants over control showed their role in stress management. An increase of 29.80% in maize productivity over control was reported in the combined treatment of Bacillus sp. and nanozeolite. Our results indicate that the application of bio-inoculants with nanozeolite showed a positive response on the health and productivity of maize plants. Hence, these may be used to enhance the productivity of different crops.

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Abbreviations

CNPs:

Chitosan nanoparticles

TiO2 :

Titanium oxide

NPs:

Nanoparticles

DMSO:

Dimethyl sulfoxide

SOD:

Superoxide dismutase

BSA:

Bovine serum albumin

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Authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by UCB, Haldi, Uttarakhand in a form of a project. Facilities provided by Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding and Genetics are duly acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, 263145, India

    Parul Chaudhary, Saurabh Gangola & Anita Sharma

  2. Crop Production Division, Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, Almora, Uttarakhand, 263601, India

    Priyanka Khati

  3. School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Shobhit University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 250110, India

    Anuj Chaudhary

  4. Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, 263145, India

    Rajeew Kumar

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PC: experimental design and research work participated in all experiments and wrote the manuscript. PK: isolated and characterized the bacterial culture used in the experiment. AC: helped in data interpretation. SG: participated in analysis of agronomical parameters of maize crop. RK: provided the field facilities and nanozeolite used in the experiment. AS: provided the laboratory facilities and critical checking of the manuscript.

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Chaudhary, P., Khati, P., Chaudhary, A. et al. Bioinoculation using indigenous Bacillus spp. improves growth and yield of Zea mays under the influence of nanozeolite. 3 Biotech 11, 11 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-020-02561-2

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