Suaeda salsa Root-Associated Microorganisms Could Effectively Improve Maize Growth and Resistance under Salt Stress.

ABSTRACT: Root-associated microorganisms are widely recognized as playing an important role in mitigating stress-induced damage to plants, but the responses of rhizosphere microbial communities after inoculation and their relationship with plant responses remain unclear. In this study, the bacterium Providencia vermicola BR68 and the fungus Sarocladium kiliense FS18 were selected from among 91 strains isolated from the halophyte Suaeda salsa to interact with maize seedlings under salt stress. The results showed that compared with NaCl-only treatment, inoculation with strains BR68 and FS18 significantly improved the growth, net photosynthetic rate, and antioxidant enzyme activities of maize; significantly reduced proline content and generation rate of reactive oxygen species (ROS); and

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9430135 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature