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SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
Volume 109, Issue 1, Pages 8-14Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.02.025
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Azospirillum; Lactuca sativa; NaCl
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Data on the growth-promoting effects of Azospirillum on lettuce exposed to either normal or saline conditions, is scarce. Lactuca sativa L., cv Mantecosa seeds were colonized with A. brasilense Sp245 cells during imbibition. Germination percentages were determined after 7 d treatments with 0, 30,50 or 80 mol m(-3) NaCl. In another experiment, seeds germinated in Hoagland were irrigated for 30 d with 0, 30,50 or 80 mol m-3 NaCl supplemented media. Vegetative growth proceeded in a growth chamber with a 13-11 h day-night cycle. Buffer-imbibed seeds were considered non-inoculated controls. Plant samples were taken at 0, 14, 20, and 30 d after the onset of NaCl treatments and dissected in aerial and root portions. The weights of both tissues were measured. Azospirillum-inoculated seeds had significantly higher germination percentages than controls in all treatments. Inoculated dried seeds stored up to 30 d maintained such characteristic in most of the treatments, particularly at 80 mol m(-3) NaCl. Plants grown from inoculated seeds and irrigated with saline media displayed higher total fresh and dry weights and biomass partition to the aerial portion, than non-inoculated controls. Azospirillum-inoculated lettuce seeds had better germination and vegetative growth than non-inoculated controls after being exposed to NaCl. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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