Cinthia T. Lucero¹, María de los Á. Ruíz², Fabiola Pagliero¹, Carolina Castaño¹, Mariela L. Ambrosino¹, Graciela S. Lorda^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.6, pp. 1081-1099, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.050762 - 27 June 2024

Abstract Beneficial microbes can improve soil health by promoting soil structure, nutrient cycling, and disease suppression. In addition, a wide array of rhizospheric microbes are responsible for producing metabolically active compounds including various types of plant growth regulators. So, microbial biodiversity studies could contribute to the improvement of agricultural practices in deprived areas, such as the Pampean semiarid region. The vast majority of studies conducted on endophytic microorganisms have focused on intensive crop legume species. In contrast, little attention has been paid to microorganisms of native legumes, whose ecology is not directly affected by human action.… More >

CHANGMEI LONG, TINGTING YANG, YUJIE HAN, LIZHEN HAN^*

BIOCELL, Vol.47, No.6, pp. 1417-1430, 2023, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2023.027485 - 19 May 2023

Abstract Background: The plant-growth-promoting rhizobacterium Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens is a rare strain of actinomycete, in order to recognize and expand the ecological functions of rare actinomycetes. Methods: In this experiment, we studied the effect of Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens P9 on the drought resistance of peanut by inoculating peanut seedlings in pots and measuring the growth and physiological indicators of peanut under drought stress and re-watering conditions. Results: The results showed that during drought stress, the relative water content of the soil and leaves, chlorophyll content, and stomatal length, width, and aperture were significantly decreased while the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), H₂O₂… More >

Amjad Ali¹, Yasir Iftikhar^2,*, Mustansar Mubeen², Haider Ali³, Muhammad Ahmad Zeshan², Zohaib Asad⁴, Muhammad Zafar-ul-Hye⁵, Malik Abdul Rehman⁶, Mazhar Abbas⁷, Muhammad Rafique⁸, Muhammad Usman Ghani⁹

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.9, pp. 1859-1877, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.021734 - 13 May 2022

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Since the 19^th century to date, the fungal pathogens have been involved in causing devastating diseases in plants. All types of fungal pathogens have been observed in important agricultural crops that lead to significant pre and postharvest losses. The application of synthetic fungicide against the fungal plant pathogens (FPP) is a traditional management practice but at the same time these fungicides kill other beneficial microbes, insects, animal, and humans and are harmful to environment. The antagonistic microorganism such as bacteria are being used as an alternate strategy to control the FPP. These antagonistic species are cost-effective

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PRANAB DUTTA^1,*, GOMATHY MUTHUKRISHNAN^2,*, SABARINATHAN KUTALINGAM GOPALASUBRAMAIAM², RAJAKUMAR DHARMARAJ², ANANTHI KARUPPAIAH³, KARTHIBA LOGANATHAN⁴, KALAISELVI PERIYASAMY⁵, M. ARUMUGAM PILLAI², GK UPAMANYA⁶, SARODEE BORUAH⁷, LIPA DEB¹, ARTI KUMARI¹, MADHUSMITA MAHANTA¹, PUNABATI HEISNAM⁸, AK MISHRA⁹

BIOCELL, Vol.46, No.8, pp. 1843-1859, 2022, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2022.019291 - 22 April 2022

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Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are specialized bacterial communities inhabiting the root rhizosphere and the secretion of root exudates helps to, regulate the microbial dynamics and their interactions with the plants. These bacteria viz., Agrobacterium, Arthobacter, Azospirillum, Bacillus, Burkholderia, Flavobacterium, Pseudomonas, Rhizobium, etc., play important role in plant growth promotion. In addition, such symbiotic associations of PGPRs in the rhizospheric region also confer protection against several diseases caused by bacterial, fungal and viral pathogens. The biocontrol mechanism utilized by PGPR includes direct and indirect mechanisms direct PGPR mechanisms include the production of antibiotic, siderophore, and hydrolytic enzymes,

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Subhan Danish^1,2, Muhammad Zafar-ul-Hye^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.89, No.2, pp. 217-227, 2020, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2020.08523 - 22 April 2020

Abstract Most of the cereal crops are widely cultivated to fulfil the humans food requirements. Under changing climate scenario, the intensity of drought stress is continuously increasing that is adversely affecting the growth and yield of cereal crops. Although the cereals can tolerate moderate drought to some extent, but mostly they are susceptible to severe drought stress. Higher biosynthesis of ethylene under drought stress has been reported. Many scientists observed that inoculation of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase producing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) is an efficacious tool to overcome this problem. These PGPR secrete ACC deaminase which… More >

Muhammad Zafar-ul-Hye^1,*, Misbah Batool Zahra¹, Subhan Danish¹, Mazhar Abbas², Abdur Rehim¹, Muhammad Naeem Akbar¹, Ayesha Iftikhar¹, Mehreen Gul¹, Ifat Nazir¹, Maria Abid¹, Muhammad Tahzeeb-ul-Hassan¹, Maria Murtaza³

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.89, No.2, pp. 405-413, 2020, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2020.08918 - 22 April 2020

Abstract Rhizosphere bacteria that colonize plant roots and confer beneficial effects are referred as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). Among all PGPR, some rhizobacteria have an ability to produce ACC deaminase enzyme. This enzyme catalyzes stress ACC into a-ketobutyrate and ammonia instead of letting it to be converted to ethylene. Ethylene level rises in plants under stress conditions i.e., drought, salinity, poor soil fertility etc. As poor soil fertility is a big hurdle to achieve the optimum yield of crops, inoculation of ACC deaminase PGPR can overcome this problem to some extent. The aim of the… More >

Muhammad Zafar-ul-Hye^1,*, Tariq Shahzad Bhutta¹, Muhammad Shaaban¹, Shahid Hussain¹, Muhammad Farooq Qayyum¹, Umar Aslam¹ and Zahir Ahmad Zahir²

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.88, No.2, pp. 119-129, 2019, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2019.06570

Abstract Soil salinity affects the growth and yield of crops. The stress of soil salinity on plants can be mitigated by inoculation of plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPR). The influence of PGPR inoculation on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) crop productivity under salinity stress has not been properly addressed so far. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effects of various PGPR strains (W14, W10 and 6K; alone and combined) at several growth attributes of wheat plant under different soil salinity gradients (3, 6 and 9 dS m-1). The growth attributes of wheat (height, roots, More >

Castillo-Aguilar C de la C¹, JJ Zúñiga-Aguilar², AA Guzmán-Antonio², R Garruña³

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.86, pp. 199-204, 2017, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2017.86.199

Abstract The Habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense) is intensively cultivated in the Yucatan peninsula, México. Because of adverse environmental conditions, it required seeding in germination trays, from which six-week-old seedlings were transplanted to the soil. Adequate nursing and fertilization programmes were made to improve health and vigour before seedlings transplanting. During seed germination, we investigated the effects of inoculation with four plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on growth, nutrient uptake and gas exchange of 8-week-old Capsicum chinense plants. Inoculation was made with Pseudomonas sp. -P61-, Pseudomonas sp. -A46-, Bacillus pumillus -R44-, and Paenibacillus polymyxa-BSP1.1-. The BSP1.1 strain produced the highest increase in… More >

Valencia-Cantero E², I Flores-Cortez², J Ambriz-Parra¹, P López-Albarrán¹, C Velázquez-Becerra¹

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.84, No.1, pp. 64-69, 2015, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2015.84.064

Abstract Pinus devoniana is one of the most widely distributed species of Pinus in Mexico, and has a relevant economic and ecological importance. In this work, the effect of inoculating juvenile P. devoniana plants with the rhizobacteria Arthrobacter agilis UMCV2, and its dimethylhexadecylamine compound was studied under greenhouse conditions. Our results showed that A. agilis UMCV2 promoted growth of P. devoniana as a result of increases on height and stem diameter, fresh weight and chlorophyll concentrations. Under our experimental conditions, the bacterial dimethylhexadecylamine compound produced an increase in the concentration of chlorophyll. These data show the feasibility of using A. agilis UMCV to significantly More >

Lira-Saldivar RH¹, A Hernández¹, LA Valdez², A Cárdenas¹, L Ibarra¹, M Hernández³, N Ruiz⁴

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.83, pp. 133-138, 2014, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2014.83.133

Abstract The response of cherry tomato to biofertilization with beneficial microorganisms was evaluated under shadehouse conditions. Seeds were inoculated and/or co-inoculated with Azospirillum brasilense (Az) and/or Glomus intraradices (Gi). Thereafter, seedlings of six treatments received two applications of a suspension containing Az + Gi at 15 and 30 days after the transplant, and were compared against a non-inoculated treatment which only received conventional inorganic fertilization. Seed co-inoculation with A. brasilense and G. intraradices plus two applications of Az + Gi at 15 and 30 days after transplant increased on average 6% plant height, 11% leaf area, 10.5% dry biomass and More >