Rhizosphere engineering through exogenous growth-regulating small molecules improves the colonizing efficiency of a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium in rice.

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Thangamuthu Bowya, Dananjeyan Balachandar

Abstract

Enhancing the rhizosphere colonization and persistence of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) is necessary for maximizing PGPR-mediated benefits for crop growth and fitness in environmentally friendly agriculture. In the present investigation, we attempted manipulation of the rice rhizosphere by spraying of low molecular weight plant-regulating metabolites on the foliage of rice plants to in turn enhance the colonizing efficiency of soil-inoculated PGPR strain. The green fluorescent protein gene-tagged rhizobacterial strain, Pseudomonas chlororaphis ZSB15-M2, was inoculated in sterile plant growth medium (vermiculite coco peat mixture) and non-autoclaved agricultural soil. We sprayed different plant growth-regulating small molecules on the foliage of rice seedlings and monitored the colonizing efficiency of ZSB15-M2 in the rice rhizosphere. Among the chemicals assessed, salicylic acid (SA) at 1 mM or Corynebacterium glutamicum cell extract (CGCE, 0.2% w/v) or Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell extract (SCCE, 0.2% w/v) showed a tenfold increase in rhizosphere colony-forming units of ZSB15-M2 compared to control with a significant decline in non-rhizosphere bulk soil population. Foliar spray of CGCE enhanced soil organic carbo...Continue Reading

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