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JOURNAL OF PLANT INTERACTIONS
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 277-289Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17429145.2022.2035439
Keywords
ion homeostasis; NaCl; plant growth promoting bacteria; root biomass; salinity stress; water content
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- [20J00615]
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The study found that under non-salinity conditions, the strains St-C and St-D can promote the growth of tomato plants and increase the total biomass of roots, stems, leaves, and fruits. Under salinity conditions, the strains St-B, St-C, and St-D can also increase the biomass and fruit yield. Bacterial inoculations have a positive effect on the content of K, P, and water in the roots, and there is a significant positive correlation between fruit yield and root content under both non-salinity and salinity conditions.
We screened four strains (Burkholderia sp. St-A, and Pseudomonas spp. St-B, St-C, and St-D) from 21 bacterial isolates isolated tomato cultivation fields based on their plant growth-promoting traits. Then, tomato ('Micro-Tom') seedlings inoculated with each of the four selected strains were grown under non-salinity and salinity (NaCl) treatment conditions. Under non-salinity conditions, St-C and St-D strains increased the total biomass of roots, stems, and leaves and fruit yield. Under NaCl treatment conditions, St-B, St-C, and St-D strains increased total biomass and fruit yield. In roots, Na content was not suppressed, but K, P, and water content were increased by bacterial inoculations. Correlation analysis showed a significant and positive relationship between fruit yield and root under both non-salinity and salinity conditions. This indicates that the maintenance of homeostasis and water relations in roots may contribute to the improvement of plant growth, including root and fruit yield, under salinity conditions.
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