METHOD FOR INCREASING YIELD OF GRAINS, METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANTS FOR GRAIN CULTIVATION, AND COMPOSITION AND MICROORGANISM FOR INCREASING YIELD OF GRAINS
To provide methods for increasing the yield of grains that can increase the yield of grains easily and safely, to provide methods for cultivating plants for grain cultivation, and to provide compositions and novel microorganisms for increasing the yield of grains.SOLUTION: Provided are a method for increasing the yield of grains and a method for cultivating plants for grain cultivation which comprise inoculating a plant for grain cultivation with a methanol-assimilating bacteria cell wall-containing material, a composition for increasing the yield of grains that comprises a methanol-assimilating bacteria cell wall-containing material, and a microorganism that is a Methylobacterium sp. Rst strain with the accession number NITE P-02628.SELECTED DRAWING: None【課題】簡易、かつ安全に穀物類の収量を増加させることができる穀物類の収量を増加させる方法及び穀物類の栽培用植物体を栽培する方法、並びに穀物類の収量増加用組成物及び新規微生物を提供すること。【解決手段】メタノール資化性細菌の細胞壁含有物を穀物類の栽培用植物体に接種することを含む、穀物類の収量を増加させる方法及び穀物類の栽培用植物体を栽培する方法、メタノール資化性細菌の細胞壁含有物を含む穀物類の収量増加用組成物並びに受託番号NITE P-02628のメチロバクテリウム エスピー(Methylobacterium sp.)Rst株である微生物である。【選択図】なし