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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages 4-16Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2011.568533
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plant stress; ethylene; ACC deaminase; indoleacetic acid; metals; organic contaminants
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While a number of different plants can either breakdown a variety of organic contaminants or hyperaccumulate metals from the environment, even the most efficient of those plants is typically inhibited by the presence of the toxicant(s). The plant stress that is induced by the presence of various environmental toxicants typically limits a plant's growth and ultimately its ability to phytoremediate the toxicant(s). Here, it is argued that the simple strategy of adding plant growth-promoting bacteria (preferably endophytes) that reduce plant ethylene levels by ACC deaminase activity and have the ability to synthesize the phytohoromone IAA, and are used to phytoremediate various toxicants can significantly (and often dramatically) increase both plant growth and phytoremediation activity in the presence of those toxicants.
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