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The following are the acronyms used in the course Agricultural Microbiology which you need to be familiar from the examination point of view
The following are the acronyms used in the course Agricultural Microbiology which you need to be familiar from the examination point of view
C: N ratio – Carbon to Nitrogen ratio required to be maintained for proper decomposition of organic matter
Cry gene – genes related to crystal protein formation in Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis)
GV - Granulosis virus; used for control of caterpillar pest like codling moth, and diamondback moth
Hup+ Strain positive for Uptake Hydrogenase enzyme system
LCO - Lipo chito oligosaccharides
MPN – Most Probable Number
Nif gene – genes in N fixing bacteria related to nitrogen fixation
Nod gene – genes in N fixing bacteria related to nodulation in plants
NPV - Nuclear polyhedrosis virus; used for control of caterpillar pest like cotton boll worm, castor semilooper that attack crop plants
PGPR – Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria
PGP - Plant growth promotion
PR proteins - Pathogen related proteins
R: S ratio – Microbial population in rhizosphere to non rhizosphere soil
SOM - Soil organic matter
VAM or AM – Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhiza or Arbuscular mycorrhiza
YEMA – Yeast Extract Mannitol Agar
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