The influence of host genotype and salt stress on the seed endophytic community of salt-sensitive and salt-tolerant rice cultivars.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inherent characteristics and changes in the physiology of rice as it attains salt tolerance affect the colonizing bacterial endophytic communities of the rice seeds. These transmissible endophytes also serve as a source of the plant's microbial community and concurrently respond to the host and environmental conditions. This study explores the influence of the rice host as well as the impact of soil salinity on the community structure and diversity of seed bacterial endophytes of rice with varying tolerance to salt stress. Endophytic bacterial diversity was studied through culture-dependent technique and Terminal-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis.

Results

Results revealed considerably diverse communities of bacterial endophytes in the inte

SUBMITTER: Walitang DI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5870378 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature