Plant growth-promoting bacteria from dung of indigenous and exotic cow breeds and their effect on the growth of pea plant in sustainable agriculture

Table 2 Screening of bacterial isolates for multifarious plant growth-promoting activities by qualitative assay method

Bacterial isolates	Nitrogen fixing ability	Phosphate solubilization	Siderophore production	IAA production	HCN production
PL1	+ +	+ + +	–	+	-
PL2	+ + +	+ + +	+	+ +	-
PL3	+ +	+ + +	+	+ +	-
PL4	–	+ + +	+	+	-
PD1	+ +	–	–	+	-
PD2	+ + +	–	–	+	-
PD3	+ +	+ + +	+ +	+	-
PD4	+ +	+ + +	+	–	-
PD5	+ + +	+ + +	+	+ +	-
SL1	+ +	+ + +	+ +	+	-
SL2	+ + +	+ + +	+ +	+	-
SL3	+ +	+ + +	–	+ + +	-
SL4	-	+ + +	+	+ + +	-
SL5	+ +	+ + +	+	+	-
SD1	+ +	+ + +	–	+ + +	-
SD2	-	+ + +	–	–	-
SD3	+ +	+ + +	+	+ + +	-
SD4	-	+ + +	–	–	-
SD5	+ +	+ + +	–	+ + +	-
SD6	-	+ + +	–	+	-
JL1	+ +	+ + +	+	+ +	-
JL2	+ +	+ + +	+ +	–	-
JL3	+ + +	+ + +	–	+ + +	-
JL4	-	–	+	–	-
JD1	+ +	+ + +	+ +	+ +	-
JD2	+ +	+ + +	+ +	+ +	-
JD3	-	+ + +	+	+ + +	-
JD4	-	+ + +	+	+ +	-
PB1	+ +	–	+ +	+	-
PB2	–	–	+	+ +	-
PB3	+ +	+ + +	–	+ + +	-
PB4	–	+ + +	–	+ + +	-
Total	22	27	20	27	0

+ Fair
+ + Good
+ + + Very good
PL Himachali Pahari lactating, PD Himachali Pahari non-lactating, SL Sahiwal lactating, SD Sahiwal non-lactating, JL Jersey lactating, JD Jersey non-lactating, PB Pahari bull

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