Inoculation of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Seedlings with Salt-Tolerant Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria Improves Nutrient Uptake, Plant Attributes and Physiological Profiles

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinodbhai Patel Kartik ◽  
Hardik Naik Jinal ◽  
Natarajan Amaresan
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Nutrient Uptake ◽  
Cucumis Sativus ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria ◽  
Salt Tolerant ◽  
Cucumis Sativus L ◽  
Tolerant Plant ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting ◽  
Physiological Profiles ◽  
Growth Promoting

Salt-tolerant and plant-growth-promoting bacteria isolated from high-yield paddy soil

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (12) ◽  
pp. 968-978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiying Zhang ◽  
Cong Fan ◽  
Yongxia Wang ◽  
Yunsheng Xia ◽  
Wei Xiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salt Tolerance ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Paddy Soil ◽  
Effective Strain ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Saline Stress ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria ◽  
Salt Tolerant ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting ◽  
Growth Promoting

Growth and productivity of rice is negatively affected by soil salinity. However, some salt-tolerant bacteria improve the health of plants under saline stress. In this study, 305 bacteria were isolated from paddy soil in Taoyuan, China. Among these, 162 strains were tested for salt-tolerance; 67.3%, 28.4%, and 9.3% of the strains could grow in media with NaCl concentrations of 50, 100, and 150 g/L, respectively. The phylogenic analysis of 74 of these 162 strains indicates that these bacteria belong to Bacillales (72%), Actinomycetales (22%), Rhizobiales (1%), and Oceanospirillales (4%). Among 162 strains, 30 salt-tolerant strains were screened for their plant-growth-promoting activities under axenic conditions at 3, 6, 9, and 12 g/L NaCl; 43%–97% of the strains could improve rice germination energy or germination capacity, while 63%–87% of the strains could increase shoot and root lengths. Among various plant-growth-promoting bacteria, TY0307 was the most effective strain for promoting the growth of rice, even at high salt stress. Its promotor effects were associated with its production of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxycarboxylate deaminase, indole acetic acid, and siderophores; induction of proline accumulation; and reduction of the salt-induced malondialdehyde content. These results suggest that several strains isolated from paddy soil could improve rice salt tolerance and may be used in the development of biofertilizer.

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