Journal
PLANT AND SOIL
Volume 348, Issue 1-2, Pages 245-254Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0959-8
Keywords
PGPR; Rhizobia; Nodulation enhancement; Co-inoculation; Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) medicae; Medicago truncatula
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- Australian Postgraduate Award
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Low numbers of rhizobia in soil or inoculants delay nodulation and decrease symbiotic legume productivity. This study investigated the effect of co-inoculation with a helper bacterium, Pseudomonas fluorescens WSM3457 on the Medicago truncatula - Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) medicae WSM419 symbiosis challenged by a low inoculum dose. In a glasshouse experiment the effect of co-inoculation with WSM3457 on the kinetics of nodule initiation and development was assessed 5, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, and 42 days after inoculation of M. truncatula cv. Caliph with 10(3) cells/plant of E. medicae WSM419. Co-inoculated plants had enhanced rate of nodule initiation and development, greater numbers of larger crown nodules, and by day 42 accumulated more N than plants inoculated with E. medicae WSM419 alone. Nodule development was altered by co-inoculation. Approximately 25% of nodule initials on co-inoculated plants formed in closely associated pairs, young nodules were larger with multiple meristems and developed into cluster-like multi-lobed nodules compared to those on WSM419 inoculated plants. Molecular typing showed WSM3457 occupied a significant proportion of root nodules on co-inoculated plants. Co-inoculation with P. fluorescens WSM3457 enhanced symbiotic effectiveness of M. truncatula when inoculated with a low inoculum dose of E. medicae WSM419.
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