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    ORGANIC CULTIVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS: INFLUENCE OF COMPOSTED COIR PITH ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF COLEUS FORSKOHLII (WILLD.) BRIQ
    (Taylor & Francis Online, 2016-04-06) Padmadevi, S N; Meera Bai, R S; Prince William, S P M; Sunithakumari, K
    Coleus forskohlii (willd.) Briq. is a native plant of India. The therapeutic properties of forskolin, the main diterpene constituent of this plant, contributed to the emergence of C. forskohlii as an important taxon in modern medicine. In the present study, composted coir pith (CCP) was used as an organic fertilizer and its effect on the growth, the primary metabolite, and secondary metabolite (forskolin) of C. forskohlii were studied. The CCP was amended to the soil in the plots at the rate of 5 t h−1 (T1), 10 t h−1 (T2), and 15 t h−1 (T3). The control plots were left unamended. It was found that CCP increased the growth and development of C. forskohlii in fields amended with 15 t h−1 (T3). The activity of the three prime soil enzymes, namely, urease, phosphatase, and dehydrogenase in the rhizosphere soil of C. forskohlii also increased with an increase in the quantum of CCP amended to the soil.
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    ZINC SOLUBILIZING BACTERIAL ISOLATES FROM THE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS OF COIMBATORE, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
    (Current Science, 2016-01) Sunithakumari, K; Padma Devi, S N; Vasandha, S
    Zinc plays a pivotal role in physiological and biochemical functions of the plants. Both quantitative and qualitative yield of the plants are strongly dependent on this micronutrient. Supplementation of zinc in the form of synthetic fertilizer is proved to be inappropriate due to its unavailability to plants. This crisis can be prevented by the identification of rhizospheric micro-organisms which has the potential to transform various unavailable forms of the metal to available forms. In the present study about thirty five zinc solubilizing bacteria were isolated from eight different agricultural fields (banana, chilli, field bean, ground nut, maize, sugarcane, sorghum and tomato) in and around Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. Five isolates were selected as best strains based on their solubilization efficacy in the qualitative estimation. The selected five isolates were identified using 16S rRNA as Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (ZSB-1), Mycobacterium brisbanense (ZSB-10), Enterobacter aerogenes (ZSB-13), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ZSB22) and Xanthomonas retroflexus (ZSB-23). These strains were subjected to further studies such as quantitative estimation, influence of the isolates on the pH of the medium and production of gluconic acid as well as IAA. Of the five bacterial isolates, Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed maximum solubilization of zinc in the broth and also maximum decrease in the pH from 7 to 3.3 and recorded highest IAA production. HPLC analysis of gluconic acid production by the selected isolates indicated their potential to solubilize zinc.