scholarly journals Plant growth stimulation of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by inoculation of salinity tolerant Azotobacter strains

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepika Chaudhary ◽  
Neeru Narula ◽  
S. S. Sindhu ◽  
R. K. Behl
Author(s):  
Z. M. Kuramshina ◽  
R. M. Khairullin ◽  
Yu. V. Smirnova

In this study, we tested the effect of two strains of bacteria B. subtilis 26D and 11ВМ on three varieties of wheat Triticum aestivum L.: Omskaya 35, Kazakhstanskaya 10 (spring), Volzhskaya qualitative (winter).The peculiarity of the plants response to endophytic inoculation depended on the strain of the microorganism, the concentration of cells in the preparation, and the variety of wheat during the experiment in Petri dishes. Both strains showed a strong growth-stimulating effect when seed was inoculated with suspensions of bacteria with a concentration of 106 cells/ml. There was no effect when seed cells were inoculated with bacteria at a concentration of 109 cells / ml. Plants varieties Omskaya 35 were most responsive to inoculation with endophytes. The variety was well responsive to the inoculation of bacteria cells at different concentrations. The variety Volzhskaya quality had the least growth stimulation. Plants of this variety responded well when grown in soil, unlike experiments in Petri dishes. The variety Kazakhstanskaya 10 was less responsive when growing plants in Petri dishes. There was no difference between the size of the shoots of inoculated and non-inoculated plants of the variety Kazakh 10, only stimulation of root growth was observed. It was concluded that there is a pronounced responsiveness of wheat varieties to the effect of endophytic strains of bacteria B. subtilis 26D the basis of biofungicide (Fitosporin-M) and this must be considered when using biofungicide for wheat cultivation.


1985 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 1026-1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Plazinski ◽  
Barry G. Rolfe

The effect of inoculation of white clover plants with mixed cultures of Rhizobium trifolii strain ANU870 and Azospirillum brasilense strain SP245 was examined. Ratios of Rhizobium–Azospirillum (R:A) of 1:200 to 1:2500 caused an inhibition of nodulation. However, these nonnodulated plants did not show nitrogen-deficiency symptoms when grown on nitrogenfree medium. When these plants were assayed for acetylene reduction activity a low level of ethylene production was detected. A significant increase in plant dry weights was also observed. Isolation of viable bacterial cells from surface-sterilized root segments of plants inoculated with an R:A ratio of 1:200 revealed that 80% of the bacterial population was made up of the Azospirillum strain. Under laboratory conditions transfer of the Rhizobium Sym(biosis) plasmid pBRIAN to strain SP245 was observed ex planta. However, the Sym plasmid was unstable in Azospirillum. A high frequency of Tn5 transfer from pBRIAN to strain SP245 occurred when strains ANU870 and SP245 were mixed in the rhizosphere and (or) in the root tissue. Tn5 transposed preferentially into the smallest indigenous plasmid of strain SP245 and was easily lost when this strain (SP245::Tn5) was not maintained on selective medium. This mutated Azospirillum strain caused plant growth stimulation when inoculated onto white clover plants.


Botany ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 90 (6) ◽  
pp. 433-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keshav Dahal ◽  
Khalil Kane ◽  
Fathey Sarhan ◽  
Bernard Grodzinski ◽  
Norman P.A. Hüner

We assessed the effects of short-term elevated CO2 on the light-saturated rates of photosynthesis (Asat) of spring (‘SR4A’, ‘Katepwa’) and winter (‘Musketeer’, ‘Norstar’) wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) and rye ( Secale cereale L.) cultivars grown at ambient CO2 (380 µmol C·mol–1) at either 20/16 °C (nonacclimated, NA) or 5/5 °C (cold acclimated, CA). In spring wheat–rye, cold acclimation decreased CO2-stimulation of Asat by 45%–60% relative to NA controls following a short-term (80 h) shift of plants from ambient to elevated CO2 (700 µmol C·mol–1). In contrast, in winter wheat–rye, cold acclimation enhanced CO2-stimulation of Asat by 15%–35% relative to NA controls upon a shift to elevated CO2. The stimulation observed for CA spring cultivars was about 60% less than that of CA winter cultivars. We conclude that a short-term exposure of spring cultivars to elevated CO2 cannot compensate for the cold acclimation-induced inhibition of Asat. Cold acclimation of spring cultivars appeared to exacerbate Rubisco CO2 substrate limitations present under ambient CO2. Furthermore, CA spring cultivars were unable to adjust their short-term temperature sensitivity of Asat under elevated CO2 compared with the winter cultivars.


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