<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Exploiting plant growth-promoting Amycolatopsis sp. in chickpea and sorghum for improving growth and yield</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">G</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Alekhya</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Gopalakrishnan</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>In an attempt to identify plant growth-promoting (PGP)&#13;
actinomycetes other than Streptomyces sp., from rhizosphere&#13;
soils of chickpea and sorghum, a total of 37 actinomycetes&#13;
were isolated and evaluated for their PGP traits. Of which,&#13;
one isolate BCA-696 was found to produce PGP traits&#13;
including indole acetic acid (IAA), siderophore, cellulase,&#13;
lipase, protease, chitinase, hydrocyanic acid and -1,3-&#13;
glucanase. BCA-696 was found to tolerate wide range of pH,&#13;
temperature, NaCl concentrations and fungicides. BCA-696&#13;
was identified as Amycolatopsis sp. in 16S rDNA analysis.&#13;
On chickpea, under greenhouse and field conditions, BCA-&#13;
596 enhanced the root length, root volume, shoot weight,&#13;
root weight, nodule number, pod number, seed weight, stover&#13;
yield and grain yield over the un-inoculated control. BCA-&#13;
696 also enhanced PGP traits on sorghum, under field&#13;
conditions, including the leaf area, stem weight, root weight,&#13;
plant weight, grain yield and stover yield over the uninoculated&#13;
control. The rhizosphere soils of both chickpea&#13;
and sorghum were also found to enhance total N, available P&#13;
and % organic C in BCA-696 treated plots over un-inoculated&#13;
control plots. BCA-696 was found to colonize both chickpea&#13;
and sorghum roots in scanning electron microscope analysis.&#13;
This is the first report on the role of Amycolatopsis sp. in&#13;
PGP on chickpea and sorghum.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Chickpea</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Sorghum</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Plant Growth</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2016</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development (ISPRD)</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Article</mods:genre></mods:mods>