Plants rhizospheric organisms interaction in a manmade system with and without biogenous element limitation

The effect has been studied of inoculation of seeds of wheat with two species of rhizospheric microorganisms, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Pseudomonas putida - on young plant growth with complete and with nitrogen deficit mineral nutrition. With complete mineral medium, plants grown from seeds inoculated with bacteria of Pseudomonas genus (experiment plants) have been found to have better growth over plants not inoculated with these bacteria (control plants). The experiment plants had increased transpiration and their biomass had higher organic nitrogen content. With nitrogen deficit medium, the plants inoculated with bacteria and those without them, have not revealed changes in growth. Neither case demonstrated competition of microorganisms with plants for nitrogen sources. (C) 1997 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.