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Biofertilizer Activity of Azospirillum sp. B510 on the Rice Productivity in Ghana

Rice production in Ghana has become unsustainable due to the extremely nutrient-poor soils. It is caused by inadequate soil fertility management, including the inefficient application of fertilizers. A practical solution could be the biofertilizers, Azospirillum sp. B510. We performed field trials i...

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Autores principales: Sarkodee-Addo, Elsie, Tokiwa, Chihiro, Bonney, Patrick, Aboagye, Daniel Asiamah, Yeboah, Alex, Abebrese, Samuel Oppong, Bam, Ralph, Nartey, Eric Kwesi, Okazaki, Shin, Yasuda, Michiko
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34576895
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9092000
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author Sarkodee-Addo, Elsie
Tokiwa, Chihiro
Bonney, Patrick
Aboagye, Daniel Asiamah
Yeboah, Alex
Abebrese, Samuel Oppong
Bam, Ralph
Nartey, Eric Kwesi
Okazaki, Shin
Yasuda, Michiko
author_facet Sarkodee-Addo, Elsie
Tokiwa, Chihiro
Bonney, Patrick
Aboagye, Daniel Asiamah
Yeboah, Alex
Abebrese, Samuel Oppong
Bam, Ralph
Nartey, Eric Kwesi
Okazaki, Shin
Yasuda, Michiko
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description Rice production in Ghana has become unsustainable due to the extremely nutrient-poor soils. It is caused by inadequate soil fertility management, including the inefficient application of fertilizers. A practical solution could be the biofertilizers, Azospirillum sp. B510. We performed field trials in Ghana and Japan to compare the effects of B510 colonization on selected Ghanaian rice varieties grown. The B510 inoculation significantly enhanced the rice cultivars’ growth and yield. The phenotypic characteristics observed in rice varieties Exbaika, Ex-Boako, AgraRice, and Amankwatia were mainly short length and high tillering capacity. These features are attributed to the host plant (cv. Nipponbare), from which the strain B510 was isolated. Furthermore, Azospirillum species has been identified as the dominant colonizing bacterium of rice rhizosphere across a diverse range of agroecologies in all major rice-growing regions in Ghana. Our results suggest that the utilization of B510 as a bio-fertilizer presents a promising way to improve rice growth, enhance soil fertility, and sustain rice productivity in Ghana.
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spelling pubmed-84693612021-09-27 Biofertilizer Activity of Azospirillum sp. B510 on the Rice Productivity in Ghana Sarkodee-Addo, Elsie Tokiwa, Chihiro Bonney, Patrick Aboagye, Daniel Asiamah Yeboah, Alex Abebrese, Samuel Oppong Bam, Ralph Nartey, Eric Kwesi Okazaki, Shin Yasuda, Michiko Microorganisms Article Rice production in Ghana has become unsustainable due to the extremely nutrient-poor soils. It is caused by inadequate soil fertility management, including the inefficient application of fertilizers. A practical solution could be the biofertilizers, Azospirillum sp. B510. We performed field trials in Ghana and Japan to compare the effects of B510 colonization on selected Ghanaian rice varieties grown. The B510 inoculation significantly enhanced the rice cultivars’ growth and yield. The phenotypic characteristics observed in rice varieties Exbaika, Ex-Boako, AgraRice, and Amankwatia were mainly short length and high tillering capacity. These features are attributed to the host plant (cv. Nipponbare), from which the strain B510 was isolated. Furthermore, Azospirillum species has been identified as the dominant colonizing bacterium of rice rhizosphere across a diverse range of agroecologies in all major rice-growing regions in Ghana. Our results suggest that the utilization of B510 as a bio-fertilizer presents a promising way to improve rice growth, enhance soil fertility, and sustain rice productivity in Ghana. MDPI 2021-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8469361/ /pubmed/34576895 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9092000 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Tokiwa, Chihiro
Bonney, Patrick
Aboagye, Daniel Asiamah
Yeboah, Alex
Abebrese, Samuel Oppong
Bam, Ralph
Nartey, Eric Kwesi
Okazaki, Shin
Yasuda, Michiko
Biofertilizer Activity of Azospirillum sp. B510 on the Rice Productivity in Ghana
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title_short Biofertilizer Activity of Azospirillum sp. B510 on the Rice Productivity in Ghana
title_sort biofertilizer activity of azospirillum sp. b510 on the rice productivity in ghana
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34576895
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9092000
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