COMPOSITION COMPRISING PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA

摘要

Compositions for enhancing grain yield and protein yield of a legume grown under environmental conditions that inhibit or delay nodulation thereof are provided. The compositions comprise a PGPR strain. In a particular embodiment the PGPR strain is of the genus Serratia. Moreover, methods for enhancing grain yield and protein yield of a legume grown under environmental conditions that inhibit or delay nodulation thereof are provided. The methods comprise an addition of an agriculturally effective amount of a PGPR strain in the vicinity of the seed or root of the legume.