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Interaction of rhizobacterial strains for growth improvement of Crocus sativus L. under tissue culture conditions
The co-cultivation of tissue explants with beneficial microbes induces numerous developmental and metabolic alterations in the resulting plantlets conferring enhanced tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses. In the present study we have co-cultivated plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) exhi...
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Published in: | Plant cell, tissue and organ culture tissue and organ culture, 2015-05, Vol.121 (2), p.325-334 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | The co-cultivation of tissue explants with beneficial microbes induces numerous developmental and metabolic alterations in the resulting plantlets conferring enhanced tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses. In the present study we have co-cultivated plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) exhibiting multiple plant growth promoting activities with the in vitro raised saffron cormlets for evaluating various morphogenetic responses like proliferation, germination and weight increment of cormlets. The results obtained indicate the significant effect of
Pseudomonas
sp.,
Bacillus subtilis and Pantoea
sp. in weight increment of cormlets. Proliferation of cormlets was also significantly improved with
Pantoea
sp. +
Bacillus subtilus
+
Pseudomonas
sp. on MS liquid medium. Similarly, the co-cultivation with
Acinetobacter haemolyticus
,
Accintobacter lwoffii
and
Pantoea
sp. resulted in 100 % germination of cormlets. The root system of cormlets was found denser and thicker than the control cormlets. However, rhizobacterial cormlets exhibited lower values of root length than non-treated cormlets. This study represents earliest report across the globe with suitable and reproducible protocol for corm development through PGPRs. |
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ISSN: | 0167-6857 1573-5044 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11240-014-0703-1 |