COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING RICE GROWTH AND RESTRICTING ARSENIC UPTAKE

摘要

Methods according to the invention administering one or more rice rhizosphere isolates to a plant, particularly a rice plant, to the seed of the plant, or to soil surrounding the plant in an amount effective to inhibit infection by a plant pathogen, particularly rice blast, to increase the biomass of the plant, and/or to decrease arsenic uptake by the plant.