Growth and Physiological Attributes of Rice by the Inoculation of Osmotolerant Rhizobacteria (<i>Enterobacter flavescens</i>) under Drought Condition

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) has mechanism for morphological, physiological, and biochemical self-defense in response to drought conditions. The ability of osmotolerant rhizobacteria develop association with plants suggests that it could be used as an inoculum support plant growth under stress. purpose this study is determine the ‘IR64’ ‘Situ Bagendit’ inoculation experiment had 3 treatment factors: 2 rice cultivars ('IR64' 'Situ Bagendit'), treatments (25%, 50% 100% field capacity), types (without using (Enterobacter flavescens). Plant was measured terms height, number leaves, tillers panicles, percentage filled grain. Physiological parameters, namely chlorophyll, carotenoids, proline, superoxide dismutase (SOD) peroxidase (POX) ascorbate (APX) were measured. enhanced (plant panicles) increased grains cultivar. Proline content, SOD, APX activities all by inoculation, however, carotenoid content decreased. growth, physiological responses both cultivar rhizobacteria.