Dr. Yoav Bashan

Inoculation of cultivated and wild plants with plant growth-promoting bacteria (basic studies).

Version January 2008

Goals: Understand how plant growth by plant growth-promoting bacteria might affect the yield of agricultural plants for better agricultural programs and establish wild plants to improve reforestation programs.

Seedlings of giant cardon cactus growing in crushed extrusive igneous rock after one year (left: inoculated with bacillus subtilis, center: non-inoculated, right: fertilized.

For More PDF files of earlier papers go to: Environmental Microbiology Website.

Most relevant publications in the last 5 years:

  • Bacilio M., Hernandez, J.-P., and Bashan, Y. 2006. Restoration of giant cardon cacti in barren desert soil amended with common compost and inoculated with Azospirillum brasilense. Biology and Fertility of Soils 43: 112-119

  • Bashan, Y., Bustillos, J.J., Leyva, L.A., Hernandez, J-P., and Bacilio M. 2006. Increase in auxiliary photoprotective photosynthetic pigments in wheat seedlings induced by Azospirillum brasilense. Biology and Fertility of Soils 42: 279-285

  • Bashan, Y., and de-Bashan, L.E. 2005. Bacteria/Plant growth-promotion. In: Encyclopedia of soils in the environment. (Ed.) D. Hillel, Elsevier, Oxford, U.K.. Volume 1. pp.103-115.

  • Bashan, Y. and de-Bashan, L.E. 2005. Fresh-weigth measurements of roots provide inaccurate estimates of the effects of plant growth-promoting bacteria on root growth: a critical examination. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 37: 1795-1804

  • Bashan, Y., Holguin, G. and de-Bashan, L.E. 2004. Azospirillum-plant relationships: physiological, molecular, agricultural, and enviromental advances (1997 - 2003). Canadian Journal of Microbiology 50: 521 - 577

  • Bacilio M., Rodriguez H., Moreno M., Hernandez J-P., and Bashan Y. 2004. Mitigation of salt stress in wheat seedlings by a gfp- tagged Azospirillum lipoferum. Biology and Fertility of Soil 40: 188-193

  • Bacilio M., Vazquez P., and Bashan Y. 2003. Alleviation of noxious effects of cattle ranch composts on wheat seed germination by inoculation with Azospirillum spp. Biology and Fertility of Soils 38: 261-266.

  • Bashan, Y. and de-Bashan, L.E. 2002. Reduction of bacterial speck (Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato) of tomato by combined treatments of plant growth-promoting bacterium, Azospirillum brasilense, streptomycin sulfate, and chemo-thermal seed treatment. European Journal of Plant Pathology 108: 821-829.

  • Bashan, Y., Hernandez, J.P., Leyva, L.A. and Bacilio, M. 2002. Alginate microbeads as inoculant carrier for plant growth-promoting bacteria. Biology and Fertility of Soils 35: 359-368.

  • Carrillo, A.E., Li, C.Y., and Bashan, Y. 2002. Increased acidification in the rhizosphere of cactus seedlings induced by Azospirillum brasilense. Naturwissenschaften 89: 428-432.

  • Bashan, Y., and de-Bashan, L.E. 2002. Protection of tomato seedlings against infection by Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato using the plant growth-promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense . Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68: 2637-2643.

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