Inoculating wheat seedlings with exopolysaccharide-producing bacteria restricts sodium uptake and stimulates plant growth under salt stress |
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| Authors: | Muhammad?Ashraf Shahida?Hasnain Odile?Berge Email author" target="_blank">Tariq?MahmoodEmail author |
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| Institution: | (1) Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, P.O. Box 128, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan;(2) Department of Botany, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan;(3) CEA/Cadarache, DSV-DEVM, Laboratoire d Ecologie Microbienne de la Rhizosphère (LEMiR), UMR 163 CNRS-CEA, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance Cedex, France |
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| Abstract: | A pot experiment was conducted to elucidate the effects of inoculating five exopolysaccharide- (EPS-) producing bacterial strains on the dry matter yield and the uptake of K+, Na+, and Ca2+ by wheat seedlings grown in a moderately saline soil. The bacteria were isolated from the rhizosphere soil (RS) of wheat grown in a salt-affected soil and included Aeromonas hydrophila/caviae (strain MAS-765), Bacillus insolitus (strain MAS17), and Bacillus sp. (strains MAS617, MAS620 and MAS820). The inoculation substantially increased the dry matter yield of roots (149–527% increase) and shoots (85–281% increase), and the mass of RS (176–790% increase). All the strains, except MAS617, also increased the RS mass/root mass ratio as well as the population density of EPS bacteria on the rhizoplane, and both these parameters were significantly correlated with the content of water-insoluble saccharides in the RS. Inoculation restricted Na+ uptake by roots, which was not attributable to the binding of Na+ by the RS, or to the ameliorative effects of Ca2+ under salinity. The decreased Na+ uptake by roots of inoculated than uninoculated plants was probably caused by a reduced passive (apoplasmic) flow of Na+ into the stele due to the higher proportion of the root zones covered with soil sheaths in inoculated treatments. Among the strains tested, MAS820 was the most efficient in all respects, whereas MAS617 was the least effective. Results suggested that inoculating selected EPS-producing bacteria could serve as a useful tool for alleviating salinity stress in salt-sensitive plants. |
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| Keywords: | Biofilm bacteria Exopolysaccharides Rhizosphere Salinity Sodium uptake |
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