Characterization of a potent plant growth promoting fungal strain Aspergillus fumigatus MCC 1721 with special reference to indole-3-acetic acid production
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Aspergillus, IAA producing fungi, indole-3-acetic acid, plant growth promoting fungiAbstract
In the present study, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) producing plant growth promoting fungus was isolated from rice field of Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India. Among the isolated 6 strains, AP2 (Aspergillus fumigatus) was selected as best-performing plant growth promoting fungal strain as it was an efficient indole-3-acetic acid producer as well as exhibits different plant growth promoting ability viz, phosphate solubilization, siderophore production, ammonia and hydrogen cyanide production etc. Media and different growth conditions (pH, temperature, concentration of sodium chloride) were optimized for augmentation of the indole-3-acetic acid production. The genus of the selected isolate AP2 was identified as Aspergillus fumigatus both by 18S rDNA sequence-based homology and MALDI-TOF analyses of ribosomal protein. Plant growth promoting ability of Aspergillus fumigatus has been confirmed by measuring different morphological and biochemical growth parameters in Trigonella foenum-graecum L. So, AP2 (Aspergillus fumigatus) can be considered as novel plant growth promoting fungal strain that can be applied as bio-inoculants on agricultural field.
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