Azospirillum and Tomatoes

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Very informative stuff. Tomatoes increased growth, fruit yield, and survivability are mentioned.

On page 42, 48, 54, 4, 9, 15, 17, 21.

http://www.bashanfoundation.org/gmaw...llumreview.pdf

Azosprillum works with many of the helper bacteria found in tandjenterprises products in a synergistic way.

Protection of tomato seedlings against infection by Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato using the plant growth-promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense

http://www.bashanfoundation.org/gmaw...tiontomato.pdf

Reduction of bacterial speck (Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato) of tomato by combined treatments of plant growth-promoting bacterium, Azospirillum brasilense

http://www.bashanfoundation.org/gmaw...eductionof.pdf

Azospirillum plant growth-promoting strains are non pathogenic on tomato, pepper, cotton, and wheat.

http://www.bashanfoundation.org/gmaw...ospirillum.pdf

And I found this abstract:

(1) Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

2-week-old plants inoculated with 5 × 108 Azospirillum cells. Significant increases in root length (35%) and in top (90%) and root (50%) dry weight and total leaf area (90%) were observed in 18-day-old inoculated tomato plants compared with non-inoculated controls. An inoculum concentration of 1 × 108 to 5 × 108 CFU/ml stimulated the appearance of root hairs. Large numbers of bacteria (1 × 109 CFU/ml) caused asymmetrical growth of the root tip. In a petri dish system, Azospirillum (1 × 108 CFU/ml) increased root dry weight (150%), protein content (20%), respiration rate per root (70%) and the specific activity of malate dehydrogenase (45%–65%) over non-inoculated controls. The specific respiration rate, expressed as micromol of O2 per minute per milligram of dry weight of roots, was significantly lower in inoculated roots, suggesting that less energy was spent for accumulation of more dry material.