Characterizing endophytic competence and plant growth promotion of bacterial endophytes inhabiting the seed endosphere of Rice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rice (Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica) seeds as plant microbiome present both an opportunity and a challenge to colonizing bacterial community living in close association with plants. Nevertheless, the roles and activities of bacterial endophytes remain largely unexplored and insights into plant-microbe interaction are compounded by its complexity. In this study, putative functions or physiological properties associated with bacterial endophytic nature were assessed. Also, endophytic roles in plant growth and germination that may allow them to be selectively chosen by plants were also studied.

Results

The cultivable seed endophytes were dominated by Proteobacteria particularly class Gammaproteobacteria. Highly identical type strains were isolated from the seed endosph

SUBMITTER: Walitang DI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5658939 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature