Table 1 Varied responses of crops to microbial inoculation
From: Rhizosphere microbiome: revisiting the synergy of plant-microbe interactions
Microbial inoculant | Crop | Remarks | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
Bacillus megaterium | Vegetable crops, grains, and potatoes | Yield increases of 0%–70% | Smith et al. (1961) |
Rhizobium | Chickpea | Yield ranging from 30 to 610 kg/ha | Subba Rao (1976) |
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi | Various crops | Negative interactions to 14-fold yield increase | Black and Tinker (1979), McGonigle (1988), Owusu-Bennoah and Mosse (1979) |
Associative nitrogen-fixing bacteria | Rice | Yield increases of 10%–30% | Chongbiao (1990) |
Azotobacter | Wheat | Yield ranging from 34 to 247 kg/ha | Hegde and Dwivedi (1994) |
Azospirillum brasilense and Bacillus circulans | Flax and cereals | Yield increases of 8%–30% | Mikhailouskaya and Bogdevitch (2009) |
Azospirillum | Wheat | 12.9%–22.5% increase in dry weight | Veresoglou and Menexes (2010) |
Pseudomonas, Azospirillum, Azotobacter, Bacillus | Maize, wheat, sunflower, lettuce | Yield increases of 19%–40% | Rubin et al. (2017) |