Table 1 Total viable count of bacteria associated with wheat cultivated in different parts of the northern hills zone (NHZ) of India. JK Jammu and Kashmir, HP Himachal Pradesh, UK Uttarakhand, SI Sikkim, WB West Bengal, NA nutrient agar, KB King’s B agar, AMS ammonium minerals salt, TSA tryptic soy agar, T 3 A T3 agar, R 2 A R2 agar, JA Jensen’s agar, SEA soil extract agar, MDM modified Dobereiner medium, YEMA yeast extract mannitol agar
Site | Total viable count (CFU g−1leaves/ soil/ root × 106) on different media | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Epiphytic | Rhizospheric | Endophytic | ||||||||||||
NA | KB | AMS | TSA | NA | T3A | KB | R2A | JA | AMS | SEA | TSA | MDM | YEMA | |
JK | 2.98 | 2.21 | 0.98 | 3.21 | 3.56 | 0.98 | 2.4 | 2.56 | 0.04 | 3.66 | 2.88 | 4.23 | 1.21 | 2.58 |
HP | 3.42 | 2.51 | 1.24 | 5.44 | 5.12 | 0.92 | 3.3 | 3.36 | 0.06 | 4.12 | 3.24 | 6.02 | 1.25 | 2.21 |
UK | 4.28 | 3.96 | 1.55 | 6.32 | 5.48 | 1.74 | 3.9 | 3.70 | 0.09 | 4.88 | 3.62 | 6.44 | 1.58 | 2.98 |
SI | 3.11 | 2.32 | 1.25 | 4.85 | 4.56 | 1.36 | 3.2 | 2.96 | 0.07 | 3.99 | 3.45 | 5.52 | 1.29 | 2.26 |
WB | 3.39 | 3.23 | 1.36 | 5.26 | 4.55 | 1.56 | 3.1 | 2.45 | 0.06 | 3.85 | 3.25 | 5.87 | 1.27 | 2.22 |