Characterizing indigenous plant growth promoting bacteria and their synergistic effects with organic and chemical fertilizers on wheat ().

The excessive use of chemical fertilizers is deteriorating both the environment and soil, making it a big challenge faced by sustainable agriculture. To assist the efforts for the solution of this burning issue, nine different potential native strains of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) namely, SA-1(, SA-5 (,SA-7(), BH-1(), BH-7(), BH-8(), BA-3(), BA-6(), and BA-7() were isolated that were characterized morphologically, biochemically and molecularly on the basis of 16S rRNA sequencing. Furthermore, the capability of indigenous PGPB in wheat (, Chakwal-50) under control, DAP+FYM, SA, BH, BA, DAP+ FYM + SA, DAP+FYM+ BH and DAP+FYM+ BA treatments was assessed in a randomized complete block design (RCBD).