scholarly journals Rhizobacterial-plant interactions: Strategies ensuring plant growth promotion under drought and salinity stress

2016 ◽  
Vol 231 ◽  
pp. 68-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manoj Kaushal ◽  
Suhas P. Wani
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Salinity Stress ◽  
Plant Growth Promotion ◽  
Growth Promotion ◽  
Plant Interactions

scholarly journals Importance of N-Acyl-Homoserine Lactone-Based Quorum Sensing and Quorum Quenching in Pathogen Control and Plant Growth Promotion

Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1561
Author(s):  
Anton Hartmann ◽  
Sophia Klink ◽  
Michael Rothballer
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Quorum Sensing ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Plant Growth Promotion ◽  
Pathogenic Bacteria ◽  
Plant Pathogens ◽  
Growth Promotion ◽  
Quorum Quenching ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
Pathogen Control

The biological control of plant pathogens is linked to the composition and activity of the plant microbiome. Plant-associated microbiomes co-evolved with land plants, leading to plant holobionts with plant-beneficial microbes but also with plant pathogens. A diverse range of plant-beneficial microbes assists plants to reach their optimal development and growth under both abiotic and biotic stress conditions. Communication within the plant holobiont plays an important role, and besides plant hormonal interactions, quorum-sensing signalling of plant-associated microbes plays a central role. Quorum-sensing (QS) autoinducers, such as N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHL) of Gram-negative bacteria, cause a pronounced interkingdom signalling effect on plants, provoking priming processes of pathogen defence and insect pest control. However, plant pathogenic bacteria also use QS signalling to optimise their virulence; these QS activities can be controlled by quorum quenching (QQ) and quorum-sensing inhibition (QSI) approaches by accompanying microbes and also by plants. Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) have also been shown to demonstrate QQ activity. In addition, some PGPB only harbour genes for AHL receptors, so-called luxR-solo genes, which can contribute to plant growth promotion and biological control. The presence of autoinducer solo receptors may reflect ongoing microevolution processes in microbe–plant interactions. Different aspects of QS systems in bacteria–plant interactions of plant-beneficial and pathogenic bacteria will be discussed, and practical applications of bacteria with AHL-producing or -quenching activity; QS signal molecules stimulating pathogen control and plant growth promotion will also be presented.

scholarly journals Bacterial community richness shifts the balance between volatile organic compound-mediated microbe–pathogen and microbe–plant interactions

2020 ◽  
Vol 287 (1925) ◽  
pp. 20200403
Author(s):  
Waseem Raza ◽  
Jianing Wang ◽  
Alexandre Jousset ◽  
Ville-Petri Friman ◽  
Xinlan Mei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Plant Growth Promotion ◽  
Growth Promotion ◽  
Bacterial Species ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Volatile Organic ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting ◽  
Pathogen Suppression

Even though bacteria are important in determining plant growth and health via volatile organic compounds (VOCs), it is unclear how these beneficial effects emerge in multi-species microbiomes. Here we studied this using a model plant–bacteria system, where we manipulated bacterial community richness and composition and determined the subsequent effects on VOC production and VOC-mediated pathogen suppression and plant growth-promotion. We assembled VOC-producing bacterial communities in different richness levels ranging from one to 12 strains using three soil-dwelling bacterial genera ( Bacillus , Paenibacillus and Pseudomonas ) and investigated how the composition and richness of bacterial community affect the production and functioning of VOCs. We found that VOC production correlated positively with pathogen suppression and plant growth promotion and that all bacteria produced a diverse set of VOCs. However, while pathogen suppression was maximized at intermediate community richness levels when the relative amount and the number of VOCs were the highest, plant growth promotion was maximized at low richness levels and was only affected by the relative amount of plant growth-promoting VOCs. The contrasting effects of richness could be explained by differences in the amount and number of produced VOCs and by opposing effects of community productivity and evenness on pathogen suppression and plant-growth promotion along the richness gradient. Together, these results suggest that the number of interacting bacterial species and the structure of the rhizosphere microbiome drive the balance between VOC-mediated microbe–pathogen and microbe–plant interactions potentially affecting plant disease outcomes in natural and agricultural ecosystems.

scholarly journals Genome Mining and Evaluation of the Biocontrol Potential of Pseudomonas fluorescens BRZ63, a New Endophyte of Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus L.) against Fungal Pathogens

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (22) ◽  
pp. 8740
Author(s):  
Daria Chlebek ◽  
Artur Pinski ◽  
Joanna Żur ◽  
Justyna Michalska ◽  
Katarzyna Hupert-Kocurek
Keyword(s):  
Brassica Napus ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Pseudomonas Fluorescens ◽  
Oilseed Rape ◽  
Plant Growth Promotion ◽  
Fungal Pathogens ◽  
Growth Promotion ◽  
Genome Mining ◽  
Plant Colonization ◽  
Brassica Napus L

Endophytic bacteria hold tremendous potential for use as biocontrol agents. Our study aimed to investigate the biocontrol activity of Pseudomonas fluorescens BRZ63, a new endophyte of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) against Rhizoctonia solani W70, Colletotrichum dematium K, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum K2291, and Fusarium avenaceum. In addition, features crucial for biocontrol, plant growth promotion, and colonization were assessed and linked with the genome sequences. The in vitro tests showed that BRZ63 significantly inhibited the mycelium growth of all tested pathogens and stimulated germination and growth of oilseed rape seedlings treated with fungal pathogens. The BRZ63 strain can benefit plants by producing biosurfactants, siderophores, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase, and ammonia as well as phosphate solubilization. The abilities of exopolysaccharide production, autoaggregation, and biofilm formation additionally underline its potential to plant colonization and hence biocontrol. The effective colonization properties of the BRZ63 strain were confirmed by microscopy observations of EGFP-expressing cells colonizing the root surface and epidermal cells of Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0. Genome mining identified many genes related to the biocontrol process, such as transporters, siderophores, and other secondary metabolites. All analyses revealed that the BRZ63 strain is an excellent endophytic candidate for biocontrol of various plant pathogens and plant growth promotion.

scholarly journals Streptomyces consortia-mediated plant defense against Fusarium wilt and plant growth-promotion in chickpea

2021 ◽  
pp. 104961
Author(s):  
Sravani Ankati ◽  
Vadlamudi Srinivas ◽  
Sambangi Pratyusha ◽  
Subramaniam Gopalakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Plant Defense ◽  
Fusarium Wilt ◽  
Plant Growth Promotion ◽  
Growth Promotion
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