Isolation and Characterization of the Endophytic N2 – Fixing Bacterium, Acetobacter Diazotrophicus aAssociated with Sugarcane Plants
Abstract
Acetobacter diazotrophicus is an obligate endophytic N2- fixing bacterium mainly associated with sugarcane and other sugar-rich plants that are propagated vegetatively (Kirchhof et al., 1998). This bacterium does not survive in soil or in weeds found in cane fields (Dobereiner, 1995) ). The presence of this endophyte within the tissues of sugarcane plants no doubt supplements the N-nutrition of the crop. This plants, preliminary work, thus attempts, for the first time, to isolate and characterize endophytes within the tissues of sugarcane plants grown in Kenana Sugar Company.
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Published
2021-06-30
How to Cite
M. AHMED, Thabit; M. BABIKER, Hashim; O. MUKHTAR, Nuri.
Isolation and Characterization of the Endophytic N2 – Fixing Bacterium, Acetobacter Diazotrophicus aAssociated with Sugarcane Plants.
Gezira Journal of Agricultural Science, [S.l.], v. 2, n. 2, p. 244-248, june 2021.
ISSN 1728-9556. Available at: <http://37.60.236.48/index.php/gjas/article/view/2020>. Date accessed: 03 june 2026.
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