Abstract
Background and aims
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have important roles in improving plant growth and alleviating stress induced damage under drought stress conditions. The aims of this study are: 1) to isolate and identify drought-tolerant PGPR from rhizosphere soil of jujube, a drought-tolerant plant grown in semi-arid and arid regions; and 2) to evaluate the effects of inoculation with the isolated strains on the growth and physiological responses of jujube seedlings under drought stress conditions.
Methods
Rhizosphere bacteria with 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase activity were isolated from the rhizosphere of jujube and were identified by 16S rDNA sequencing analysis. Then, the isolates were screened for drought tolerance and plant growth promoting activities. The growth and physiological changes of jujube under drought stress, including the plant height, shoot and root dry matter, malondialdehyde (MDA), indoleacetic acid (IAA), abscisic acid (ABA) content, superoxide dismutase (SOD), and peroxidase (POD) activity, were also detected.
Results
Eight ACC deaminase-producing bacterial strains were isolated and identified as Pseudomonas, Bacillus, and Serratia. Under drought stress conditions, Pseudomonas lini and Serratia plymuthica significantly increased plant height, shoot and root dry matter, and relative water content. Moreover, malondialdehyde and ABA levels were decreased, and antioxidant enzyme activities were increased. In addition, they also enhanced soil aggregate stability. The best effect was observed with mixed inoculation.
Conclusions
Strains of Pseudomonas lini and Serratia plymuthica played an important role in enhancing tolerance of jujube seedling and can be considered as promising bioinoculants of jujube.
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This study was financially supported by Key Science and Technology Program of Shaanxi Province (2016NY-169), National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC0501706-1), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2016M60082), Tang Scholar Program of Northwest A&F University, and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2452018132).
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Zhang, M., Yang, L., Hao, R. et al. Drought-tolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria isolated from jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) and their potential to enhance drought tolerance. Plant Soil 452, 423–440 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04582-5
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