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Applying Rhizobacteria on Maize Cultivation in Northern Benin: Effect on Growth and Yield
Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire/ Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Université d’Abomey-Calavi/05BP 1604 Cotonou, Bénin
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Centre de Recherches Agricoles d’Agonkanmey, Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin, Cotonou, Bénin
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Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire/ Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Université d’Abomey-Calavi/05BP 1604 Cotonou, Bénin
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Laboratoire de Microbiologie et des Technologies Alimentaires, Département de Biologie Végétale/ Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Université d’Abomey-Calavi/Cotonou, Bénin
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Laboratoire de Biomathématique et d’estimation forestière, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, 04BP1525, Bénin
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Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire/ Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Université d’Abomey-Calavi/05BP 1604 Cotonou, Bénin
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Laboratoire de Biomathématique et d’estimation forestière, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, 04BP1525, Bénin
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Centre de Recherches Agricoles d’Agonkanmey, Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin, Cotonou, Bénin
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Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire/ Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Université d’Abomey-Calavi/05BP 1604 Cotonou, Bénin
1 Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire/ Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Université d’Abomey-Calavi/05BP 1604 Cotonou, Bénin
2 Centre de Recherches Agricoles d’Agonkanmey, Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin, Cotonou, Bénin
3 Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire/ Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Université d’Abomey-Calavi/05BP 1604 Cotonou, Bénin
4 Laboratoire de Microbiologie et des Technologies Alimentaires, Département de Biologie Végétale/ Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Université d’Abomey-Calavi/Cotonou, Bénin
5 Laboratoire de Biomathématique et d’estimation forestière, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, 04BP1525, Bénin
6 Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire/ Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Université d’Abomey-Calavi/05BP 1604 Cotonou, Bénin
7 Laboratoire de Biomathématique et d’estimation forestière, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, 04BP1525, Bénin
8 Centre de Recherches Agricoles d’Agonkanmey, Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin, Cotonou, Bénin
9 Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire/ Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Université d’Abomey-Calavi/05BP 1604 Cotonou, Bénin
The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of five plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) ( Bacillus panthothenicus ; Pseudomonas Cichorii ; Pseudomonas Putida ; Pseudomonas syringae and Serratia marcescens ) on the growth and yield of maize on a ferruginous soil under field condition. Maize seeds were inoculated with 10 ml of bacterial suspension. Study was conducted in a completely randomized design with fifteen treatments and three replicates. A half-dose of recommended (13, 17, 17 kg ?ha ?1 ) NPK was applied 15 days after emergence. The results show that the Serratia marcescens + 50% NPK treatment yielded the best results for height, fresh underground biomass, dry aboveground biomass, dry underground biomass, and grain yield with respective increases of 41.09%, 217.5%, 213.34%, 93.82%, and 39.05% compared to the control. Maximum stem diameter (increases of 49.65%) was recorded in the plants treated with 100% NPK (full dose NPK) while the highest leaf area (466.36 ± 9.57 cm 2 ), obtained on plant treated with Pseudomonas putida + 50% NPK was 32.08% greater than in the non-inoculated control. Our results suggest the use of these rhizobacteria as biological fertilizers for enhancing the growth and maize seed yield in ferruginous soil in the North of Benin.
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