Table 1 Geographical location, soil physiochemical properties and enumeration of Bacillus isolates from Indogangetic Plains of India

From: Diversity analysis of biocontrol Bacillus isolated from rhizospheric soil of rice–wheat (Oryza sativa–Triticum aestivum L.) at India

Location

Coordinates

CFU × 10 4 per g of soil

Soil texture

pH

EC

N (kg ha−1)

P (kg ha−1)

K (kg ha−1)

Total isolates picked

Biocontrol a Bacillus isolates (%)

Haridwar

30°33′N 78°06′E

6–35

Loamy–sandy loam

6.91

0.14

145.5

28.8

70.2

31

17 (54.84)

Dehardun

29°23′N 79°27′E

3–32

Loamy–sandy loam

8.17

0.3

65.2

70.8

278.5

30

15 (50.00)

Nanital

29°96′N 78°16′E

8–24

Loamy–sandy loam

8.5

0.32

45.2

45.2

296.4

21

14 (66.67)

Almora

29°59′N 79°65′E

3–15

Silt loam

7.21

0.15

180.1

20.6

105.5

13

9 (69.24)

Haryana

30°79′N 76°78′E

8–42

Clay–silt loam

7.1

0.08

110.9

35.9

79.6

40

12 (30.00)

Punjab

27°37′N 74° 28′E

17–68

Clay–silt loam

7.16

0.14

132.9

64.7

55.1

64

18 (28.13)

Lucknow

26°51′N 80°55′E

13–72

Silt clay loam

9.83

1.1

70.2

46.2

395.1

60

20 (33.34)

Rajgir

25.03°N 85.42°E

10–46

Silt–clay loam

9.17

0.5

108.9

27.7

360.2

31

20 (64.52)

West Bengal

22°56′N 77°42′E

16–49

Loam–clay loam

8.32

0.33

52.7

46.4

272.6

44

12 (27.28)

  1. Abbreviations: EC, electrical conductivity; N, nitrogen; K, potassium; OC, organic carbon; P, phosphorous.
  2. Haridwar, Dehardun, Nanital and Almora are located in Uttrakhand state. Lucknow and Rajgir are located in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states, respectively.
  3. Data in triplicates (positive assay against single/multiple phytopathogenic fungus).
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