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Pseudomonas and Azospirillum

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Handbook for Azospirillum

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Pseudomonas strains are fast growing, genetically diverse and metabolically versatile bacteria. Many pseudomonad species are preferential inhabitants of the rhizosphere of plants, reaching up to 108 CFU/g of roots for crop species like soybean or maize in the field. Rhizospheric pseudomonads contribute to plant growth and health through a variety of plant probiotic mechanisms, including protection of roots against fungal pathogen attack. Due to their relative ease to isolate and cultivate in the lab, there is an enormous wealth of knowledge about physiological, biochemical, and genetic traits of pseudomonads. Based on their PGPR traits, several inoculant products are commercialized, either for seed, foliar, or post-harvest treatment of crops, vegetables, and fruits. Provided that pseudomonads share the rhizosphere niche with Azospirillum species, as well as with many other PGPR microorganisms, combined formulations have also become available for agronomic purposes. However, little information about interspecies and multispecies interactions is available. This chapter describes microbiological, genetic, and agronomic tools that may be applied to isolate and characterize novel Pseudomonas spp. from diverse source materials, to study their interaction with Azospirillum cells in the context of dual or multispecies inoculants, and to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of formulated products.

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  1. Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Microbiología e Interacciones Biológicas en el Suelo, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Roque Sáenz Peña 352, Bernal, B1876BXD, Argentina

    Claudio Valverde

  2. Departamento de Investigación, Desarrollo y Servicio Técnico, Rizobacter Argentina S.A., Av. Dr. Arturo Frondizi 1150, Calle N° 1, Parque Industrial, Pergamino, B2702HDA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Gustavo Gonzalez Anta

  3. Cátedra de Microbiología Agrícola, UNNOBA (Universidad Nacional del Noroeste de Buenos Aires), Monteagudo 2772, Pergamino, B2700KIZ, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Gustavo Gonzalez Anta

  4. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria INTA Pergamino, Av. Dr. Arturo Frondizi km 4.5, Pergamino, B2700WAA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Gustavo Ferraris

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  1. Laboratorio de Fisiología Vegetal y de la Interacción Planta-Microorganismo, Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Rio Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina

    Fabricio Dario Cassán

  2. Faculty of Agricultue Food and Environme, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Central, Israel

    Yaacov Okon

  3. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Balcarce, Argentina

    Cecilia M. Creus

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Valverde, C., Gonzalez Anta, G., Ferraris, G. (2015). Pseudomonas and Azospirillum . In: Cassán, F., Okon, Y., Creus, C. (eds) Handbook for Azospirillum. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06542-7_21

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