Potential of Salt Tolerant PGPR in Growth and Yield Augmentation of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Under Saline Conditions.

ABSTRACT: Soil salinity has emerged as a major obstacle to meet world food demands. Halo-tolerant plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are potential bioinoculants to enhance crop productivity in saline agriculture. Current work was aimed at studying individual or synergetic impact of salt tolerant PGPR on wheat growth and yield under saline conditions. A pot experiment was conducted on two wheat genotypes (Aas-11; salt tolerant and Galaxy-13; salt sensitive) inoculated with Pseudomonas fluorescence, Bacillus pumilus, and Exiguobacterium aurantiacum alone and in consortium. The salt tolerant variety (Aas-11) exhibited maximum root fresh (665.2%) and dry biomass (865%), free proline (138.12%) and total soluble proteins (155.9%) contents, CAT (41.7%) activity and shoot potassium up

SUBMITTER: Nawaz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7562815 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature