title: Frequency and biodiversity of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol-producing rhizobacteria are differentially affected by the genotype of two maize inbred lines and their hybrid.
abstract: Rhizobacteria (2808) were isolated on Pseudomonas-selective S1 medium from two maize inbred lines and from their hybrid at three plant growth stages. Positive phl D hybridization was found for 364 of them. The PhlD+ isolates were significantly more numerous in the rhizosphere of the hyrid than in those of parental lines. Furthermore, the frequency of PhlD+ was significantly higher for the hybrid at the flowering stage. An amplified rDNA restriction analysis showed that the hybrid genotype also increases the genetic diversity of PhlD+ populations when compared with its inbred parent lines, and this could be an effect of heterosis. Influence of the hybrid on the frequency and diversity of the bacterial PhlD+ population varied along the plant growth stage.
authors.affiliation: Area di Microbiologia, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroambientali, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Viale Fanin 42-44, 40127 Bologna, Italy. mf4681@mclink.it
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frascaroli
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bosco