@article{icrisat12017,
           month = {October},
            year = {2022},
           title = {Streptomyces consortia?mediated plant growth?promotion and yield performance in chickpea},
            note = {This work has been undertaken as part of the
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dry Land Cereals.},
          volume = {12},
          number = {318},
           pages = {1--11},
          author = {S Gopalakrishnan and V Srinivas and U Chand and S Pratyusha and S Samineni},
       publisher = {Springer},
         journal = {3 Biotech (TSI)},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/12017/},
        abstract = {Fourteen Streptomyces strains reported earlier as plant growth promoters (PGP) in chickpea were characterized for production
of ammonia and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) deaminase and solubilization of silica and zinc. The
results showed that nine (CAI-17, CAI-78, KAI-26, CAI-21, CAI-26, MMA-32, CAI-140, CAI-155 and KAI-180) and six
(CAI-17, CAI-21, CAI-26, CAI-13, CAI-93 and KAI-180) strains were found to produce ammonia and ACC deaminase,
respectively, while one (KAI-180) and eight (CAI-17, CAI-21, CAI-26, MMA-32, CAI-13, CAI-85, CAI-93 and KAI-180)
strains solubilized silica and zinc, respectively. The selected 14 Streptomyces strains were categorized into three consortia
groups, consortium-1 (CAI-17, CAI-68, CAI-78, KAI-26 and KAI-27), consortium-2 (CAI-21, CAI-26 and MMA-32) and
consortium-3 (CAI-13, CAI-85, CAI-93, CAI-140, CAI-155 and KAI-180), based on their compatibility, and evaluated for
their PGP traits in chickpea. The experiment was conducted under field conditions with two chickpea varieties over two
years. The consortia-treated plots enhanced nodule number up to 23\%, nodule weight up to 36\%, root weight up to 27\% and
shoot weight up to 26\% at 30 days after sowing and pod weight up to 35\%, pod number up to 34\% and grain yield up to 24\%
at harvest over the un-inoculated control plots. The harvested grains of consortia treatments were found to enhance crude
protein up to 14\%, crude fibre up to 17\% and crude fat up to 16\% over the grains from un-inoculated control. The rhizosphere
soils of the consortia-treated plots enhanced total nitrogen up to 21\%, organic carbon up to 8\% and available phosphorous
up to 16\% over the un-inoculated control plots. This investigation demonstrated the potential use of the selected consortium
of Streptomyces strains in the farmers? fields to improve the chickpea yields and soil fertility.},
        keywords = {Streptomyces, Consortia, Plant growth promotion, Chickpea, Soil health}
}