| abstract |
An inoculant comprising: (a) a plant growth promoting rhizobacterium (PGPR) expressing a protein associated with the metabolism of pectin selected from pectin lyase, pectate lyase, polygalacturonase, pectin esterase, altronate dehydratase, altronate oxidoreductase, uronate isomerase, manonate dehydratase, D-manonate oxidoreductase, 4-hydroxy-2-oxoglutarate aldolase, 2-dehydro-3-deoxygluconkinase, transcriptional repressor of the hexuronate utilization operon, hexuronate transporter, and their combinations and (b) a saccharide comprising pectin or a pectin-related saccharide comprising hydrolyzed pectin, D-galacturonate, D-glucuronate, or mixtures thereof, wherein the PGPR is Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subspecies plantarum. |