Gibberellin production by bacteria and its involvement in plant growth promotion and yield increase
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This review focuses on studies with bacteria for which biosynthesis/production of the plant hormones gibberellins have been demonstrated. Actual data on gibberellin metabolism by bacteria are analyzed in comparison with the biosynthetic pathways known for vascular plants and fungi. The potential involvement of gibberellins produced by symbiotic and soil-endophytic microorganisms in plant growth promotion and yield increase is also discussed.
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Phytohormonal production in plant-associated bacteria ranges from auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, abscisic acid, ACC deaminase activity to the synthesis of volatile hydrocarbons with hormonal activity.
“It ranges from the production of auxins (Spaepen et al., 2007), cytokinins (Arkhipova et al., 2007), gibberellins (Bottini et al., 2004), abscisic acid (Karadeniz et al., 2006), 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase activity (Glick et al., 2007) to the synthesis of volatile hydrocarbons (acetoin and 2,3-butanediol) with hormonal activity (Ping and Boland, 2004;Ryu et al., 2003;Kai et a”
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- Authors
- Bottini, R., Cass�n, F., & Piccoli, P.
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- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
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- 2004-07-28
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- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
- Keywords
- gibberellin biosynthesis, plant growth promotion, crop yield improvement, plant hormone metabolism, endophytic bacteria, microbial symbionts, plant hormones
- MeSH terms
- Bacteria, Gibberellins, Plant Growth Regulators, Biomass, Plant Development
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