427 Digestibility and N-use efficiency of bermudagrass treated with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria or N fertilizer.

Gunter, Phillip A; Fike, C.L.; Held, David W.; Wagner, Elizabeth; Muntifering, Russell B.

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“…The bacteria in Blend 20 colonized the above‐ and below‐ground parts of bermudagrass within 24 h after inoculation, and colonization persists for 12 wk (Coy et al., 2019). Fike, Wagner, Held, Muntifering, and Holland (2017) and Gunter, Fike, Held, Wagner, and Muntifering (2018) evaluated the nutritive quality of ‘Coastal’ bermudagrass hay treated with Blend 20 or synthetic fertilizer. In these studies, concentrations of crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), and acid detergent lignin (ADL) were not different among treatments.…”

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“…There is a need for alternative fertilization practices to reduce costs, as well as provide value-added benefits such as increased drought tolerance and reduced plant-feeding insect pressure (Coy et al, 2017;Coy et al, 2019;Coy, Held, & Kloepper, 2017). Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria provide ISR for the host plant and support similar DM yields and comparable nutritive quality as N fertilization (Coy et al, 2014;Fike et al, 2017;Gunter et al, 2018). The objective of this study was to compare PGPR with synthetic fertilizer in stockpiled 'Coastal' bermudagrass for nutritive value and forage accumulation.…”

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Evaluation of plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria on stockpiled bermudagrass

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Crop Forage & Turfgrass Mgmt

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A two‐year, small‐plot study was conducted to evaluate plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) for biofertilization of fall‐stockpiled bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pres.]. Eighteen, 10.8‐ft2 bermudagrass (cultivar ‘Coastal’) plots were mowed to 1‐inch stubble height prior to stockpiling. Experimental treatments included a negative control, synthetic fertilizer, PGPR single‐strain DH 44, DH 44 + fertilizer, PGPR multiple‐strain Blend 20, and Blend 20 + fertilizer (n = 3). Two PGPR applications were made, one at the beginning of each stockpiling season in mid‐August, and again 30 days later. Ammonium sulfate was applied at 50 lb N/acre concurrent with the first PGPR application. Each plot was divided into three subplots, which were harvested at different periods (i.e., mid‐November, mid‐December, and mid‐January) of each year to determine forage dry matter (DM) yield and nutritive value. Forage DM yield was greatest (P ≤ .03) for Blend 20 + fertilizer, but it was not different (P = .26) from that of the synthetic fertilizer treatment. Concentration of crude protein was least (P < .04) for DH 44 and Blend 20 treatments. Concentrations of acid detergent fiber were not different among treatments, except for the negative control which was lower (P < .05). In vitro true digestibility was not different (P < .05) among treatments. These results indicate that PGPR may be a viable option for biofertilization; however, further investigation into the effect of PGPR inoculants at field level is needed.

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