Alleviation of water-deficit stress in turmeric plant (Curcuma longa L.) using phosphate solubilizing rhizo-microbes inoculation.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to assess the effects of phosphate solubilizing rhizo-microbes inoculants on nutrient balance, physiological adaptation, growth characteristics, and rhizome yield traits as well as curcuminoids yield at the secondary-rhizome initiation stage of turmeric plants, subsequently subjected to water-deficit (WD) stress. Phosphorus contents in the leaf tissues of Talaromyces aff. macrosporus and Burkholderia sp. (Bruk) inoculated plants peaked at 0.33 and 0.29 mg g^-1 DW, respectively, under well-watered (WW) conditions; however, phosphorus contents declined when subjected to WD conditions (p ≤ 0.05). Similarly, potassium and calcium contents reached their maximum values at 5.33 and 3.47 mg g^-1 DW, respectively, in

SUBMITTER: Chungloo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10864243 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature