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SUBMITTER: Srivastava PK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4103557 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Srivastava Pankaj Kumar PK Shenoy Belle Damodara BD Gupta Manjul M Vaish Aradhana A Mannan Shivee S Singh Nandita N Tewari Shri Krishna SK Tripathi Rudra Deo RD
Microbes and environments 20121005 4
Fifteen fungi were obtained from arsenic-contaminated agricultural fields in West Bengal, India and examined for their arsenic tolerance and removal ability in our previous study. Of these, the four best arsenic-remediating isolates were tested for plant growth promotion effects on rice and pea in the present study. A greenhouse-based pot experiment was conducted using soil inocula of individual fungi. The results indicated a significant (P<0.05) increase in plant growth and improvement of soil ...[more]