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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 139, Issue -, Pages 459-469Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.04.019
Keywords
Salinity tolerance; Endophytic fungi; Cochliobolus lunatus; Okra plants; Physicochemical attributes
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- Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
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Salinity stress can severely affect the growth and production of the crop plants. Cheap and reliable actions are needed to enable the crop plants to grow normal under saline conditions. Modification at the molecular level to produce resistant cultivars is one of the promising, yet highly expensive techniques, whereas application of endophytes on the other hand are very cheap. In this regard, the role of Cochliobolus sp. in alleviating NaCl-induced stress in okra has been investigated. The growth and biomass yield, relative water content, chlorophyll content and IAA were decreased, whereas malondialdehyde (MDA) and proline content were increased in okra plants treated with 100 mM NaCl. On the contrary, okra plants inoculated with C. lunatus had higher shoot length, root length, plant dry weight, chlorophyll, carotenoids, xanthophyll, phenolicss, flavonoids, IAA, total soluble sugar and relative water content, while lower MDA. LC-MS/MS analysis of the Cochliobolus sp. extract revealed the presence of pinocembrin, chlorogenic acids, wogonin, calycosin and diadzein as a salinity stress reliever. From the results, it can be concluded that colonization of Cochliobolus sp. improves the NaCl tolerance by ameliorating the physicochemical attributes of the host plants.
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