Functional Investigation of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacterial Communities in Sugarcane.

ABSTRACT: Plant microbiota are of great importance for host nutrition and health. As a C₄ plant species with a high carbon fixation capacity, sugarcane also associates with beneficial microbes, though mechanisms underlying sugarcane root-associated community development remain unclear. Here, we identify microbes that are specifically enriched around sugarcane roots and report results of functional testing of potentially beneficial microbes propagating with sugarcane plants. First, we analyzed recruitment of microbes through analysis of 16S rDNA enrichment in greenhouse cultured sugarcane seedlings growing in field soil. Then, plant-associated microbes were isolated and assayed for beneficial activity, first in greenhouse experiments, followed by field trials for selected microbial strains

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8763851 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature