• ANMOL KHARE
• HIMANI MORE
• SONAL MADLIYA
• VRUSHALI D. PATIL

Spinach, like many other vegetables, contains low levels of the essential micronutrient iron. Up to two billion people worldwide suffer from iron deficiency, particularly in regions with predominantly vegetable-based diets. Although, an attractive and more sustainable solution is biofortification, which requires enhancing the uptake of iron in spinach using plant growth promoting bacteria – Pseudomonas fluorescens. Our studies aimed at increasing iron uptake in spinach using natural rhizospheric bacteria which actively colonize the spinach plant. Siderophore formation by Pseudomonas fluorescens will chelate iron and make it accessible to spinach. Siderophore delivered was additionally turned out to be valuable for plant development advancement because of increment in root length, shoot length and number of leaves. Thus siderophore can be utilized as a part of blend with other biofertilizers to build edit profitability

Micronutrient, deficiency, biofortification, siderophore

"BIOFORTFICATION OF SPINACH (Spinacia olaracea) WITH PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA –Pseudomonas fluorescens", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.669-675, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808854.pdf

"BIOFORTFICATION OF SPINACH (Spinacia olaracea) WITH PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA –Pseudomonas fluorescens", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp669-675, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808854.pdf