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Role of Functional Bacterial Phylum Proteobacteria in Glycine max Growth Promotion Under Abiotic Stress: A Glimpse on Case Study

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The PGPR elicit plant immunity referred to as induced systemic tolerance (IST) to cope up with abiotic stresses. The common modes of PGPR include fixing N2, increasing the availability of nutrients in the rhizosphere, positively influencing root growth, promoting beneficial plant–microbe symbioses and succumb diseases. The present review deals case study of salt-tolerant rhizobacteria with respect to its functional plant growth promotional activities. Genomic DNA was isolated from bacterial strain AK-1, and gene-specific primers were used to amplify the 16S ribosomal DNA, ACC deaminase gene (acdS gene), IAA gene (ipdC gene), P-solubilizing gene (gcd and gad gene), ectoine production gene (EctC gene) and glycine betaine gene (betA gene). Gene amplification using specific gene primers showed sharp bands of the specific genes near to desired amplicon size. Bacterial-inoculated plants were exhibited superior tolerance against salt stress, as shown by their higher plant biomass, water content, chlorophyll content and lower osmotic stress injury as compared to non-inoculated plants during salt stress. Increased proline accumulation and antioxidant activity in bacterial-inoculated plants also contributed to salt tolerance. This study was conducted to assess the PGPR that are associated with the rhizosphere of soybean grown in semiarid areas of Rajasthan. We also sought to identify and characterize representative PGPR with respect to growth-promoting attributes and studied their salinity tolerance.

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The research was supported by SERB-Grant no. SR/FT/LS-129/2012 to DKC. Some of the research has partially been supported by DBT grant no. BT/PR1231/AGR/21/340/2011 to DKC.

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Vaishnav, A., Kasotia, A., Choudhary, D.K. (2018). Role of Functional Bacterial Phylum Proteobacteria in Glycine max Growth Promotion Under Abiotic Stress: A Glimpse on Case Study. In: Choudhary, D., Kumar, M., Prasad, R., Kumar, V. (eds) In Silico Approach for Sustainable Agriculture. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0347-0_2

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