title: Growth response of maize plantlets inoculated with Enterobacter spp., as a model for alternative agriculture.
abstract: A maize rhizosphere isolate was phenotypically and genotypically characterized and identified as Enterobacter spp. bacterium. Germinated seeds were inoculated, the plantlets were sown in vermiculite and in soil and grown under laboratory and field conditions, respectively. The adherence, colonization and plant growth promotion capability of Enterobacter sp. UAPS03001 was evaluated in "Rojo-Criollo" maize under laboratory conditions. Twenty days after inoculation, the treated plantlets showed larger biomass than non-inoculated ones. In field grown plants, the kernel biomass was also greater in inoculated than in non-inoculated plants. The inoculation of maize sprouts with plant growth- promoting bacteria before their sowing in the field would be an alternative practice for achieving successful yield in temporal agriculture.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Ciudad Universitaria, Puebla, México.
authors.forename: Yolanda E
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Morales-García
authors.forename: Dalia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Juárez-Hernández
authors.forename: Celia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aragón-Hernández
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mascarua-Esparza
authors.forename: María R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bustillos-Cristales
authors.forename: Luis E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Fuentes-Ramírez
authors.forename: Rebeca D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Martinez-Contreras
authors.forename: Jesus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Munoz-Rojas
mesh_terms: D059827:Agricultural Inoculants / Q000502:physiology*; D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods*; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D018533:Biomass; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D018525:Germination; D058441:Rhizosphere; D036226:Seedlings / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology; D012639:Seeds / Q000502:physiology; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D003313:Zea mays / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology*