title: Functional abilities of cultivable plant growth promoting bacteria associated with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) crops.
abstract: In the pursuit of sustainable agriculture, bioinoculants usage as providers of a crop's needs is a method to limit environmental damage. In this study, a collection of cultivable putative plant growth promoting (PGP) bacteria associated with wheat crops was obtained and this bacterial sample was characterized in relation to the functional diversity of certain PGP features. The isolates were obtained through classical cultivation methods, identified by partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing and characterized for PGP traits of interest. Functional diversity characterization was performed using Categorical Principal Component Analysis (CatPCA) and Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA). The most abundant genera found among the 346 isolates were Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, and Enterobacter. Occurrence of PGP traits was affected by genus, niche, and sampling site. A large number of genera grouped together with the ability to produce indolic compounds; phosphate solubilization and siderophores production formed a second group related to fewer genera, in which the genus Burkholderia has a great importance. The results obtained may help future studies aiming prospection of putative plant growth promoting bacteria regarding the desired organism and PGP trait.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda da S
authors.initials: Fda S
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pedro B da
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rocheli de
authors.initials: Rd
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Fundação Estadual de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Anelise
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beneduzi
authors.affiliation: Fundação Estadual de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bruno B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Lisboa
authors.affiliation: Fundação Estadual de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciano K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciane M P
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Passaglia