Selection of a Bacterial Conditioner to Improve Wheat Production Under Salinity Stress.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the isolation and formulation of a bacterial conditioner as a biostimulant for Triticum durum (durum wheat) under salinity stress. An Algerian alkaline-saline soil was sampled, characterized for its physical and chemical characteristics and its culturable and total microbial community (16S rRNA gene metabarcoding). Three bacterial strains showing high 16S rRNA gene similarity to Pseudomonas putida, Bacillus proteolyticus, and Niallia nealsonii were selected for their plant growth-promoting (PGP) traits under different salinity levels, including phosphate solubilisation (194 µg mL^-1), hormone production (e.g., gibberellin up to 56 µg mL^-1), and good levels of hydrocyanic acid, ammonia, and siderophores. N. nealsoni

SUBMITTER: Fares R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12565890 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature