TY - JOUR
T1 - Enterobacter sp. strain Fs-11 adapted to diverse ecological conditions and promoted sunflower achene yield, nutrient uptake, and oil contents
AU - Shahid, Muhammad
AU - Hameed, Sohail
AU - Zafar, Mohsin
AU - Tahir, Muhammad
AU - Ijaz, Muhammad
AU - Tariq, Mohsin
AU - Hussain, Khadim
AU - Ali, Amanat
N1 - Funding Information:
We are also thankful to Dr. Iftikhar Ali (Deputy Chief Scientist, NIFA, Peshawar) for providing space to conduct field trial and for conducting achene oil and fatty acid analysis. We also appreciate the efforts of Dr. Nasir Rahim (Assistant professor, UPR) for providing resources to conduct field experiment at UPR.
Funding Information:
Funding information The authors are grateful to Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan, for grant of funds for this project under HEC indigenous 5000 PhD Fellowship Program.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Plant growth–promoting rhizobacteria are under extensive investigation to supplement the chemical fertilizers due to cost-effective and eco-friendly nature. However, their consistency in heterogeneous soil and diverse ecological settings is unclear. The current study presents in vitro and field evaluation of pre-characterized PGPR strain Enterobacter sp. Fs-11 (GenBank accession # GQ179978) in terms of its potential to enhance sunflower yield and oil contents under diverse environmental conditions. Under in vitro conditions, strain Fs-11 showed optimal growth at a range of temperature (15 to 40 °C) and pH values (6.5 to 8.5). Extracellular and intracellular localizations of the strain Fs-11 in sunflower root cortical cells through transmission electron microscopy confirmed its epiphytic and endophytic colonization patterns, respectively. In field experiments, conducted at three different agro-climatic locations, inoculation of strain Fs-11 at 50% reduced NP fertilizer resulted in a significant increase in growth, achene yield, nutrient uptake, and oil contents. Inoculation also responded significantly in terms of increase in mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids (oleic and linoleic acids, respectively) without rising saturated fatty acid (palmitic and stearic acids) contents. We concluded that Enterobacter sp. Fs-11 is a potential candidate for biofertilizer formulations to supplement chemical fertilizer requirements of sunflower crop under diverse climatic conditions.
AB - Plant growth–promoting rhizobacteria are under extensive investigation to supplement the chemical fertilizers due to cost-effective and eco-friendly nature. However, their consistency in heterogeneous soil and diverse ecological settings is unclear. The current study presents in vitro and field evaluation of pre-characterized PGPR strain Enterobacter sp. Fs-11 (GenBank accession # GQ179978) in terms of its potential to enhance sunflower yield and oil contents under diverse environmental conditions. Under in vitro conditions, strain Fs-11 showed optimal growth at a range of temperature (15 to 40 °C) and pH values (6.5 to 8.5). Extracellular and intracellular localizations of the strain Fs-11 in sunflower root cortical cells through transmission electron microscopy confirmed its epiphytic and endophytic colonization patterns, respectively. In field experiments, conducted at three different agro-climatic locations, inoculation of strain Fs-11 at 50% reduced NP fertilizer resulted in a significant increase in growth, achene yield, nutrient uptake, and oil contents. Inoculation also responded significantly in terms of increase in mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids (oleic and linoleic acids, respectively) without rising saturated fatty acid (palmitic and stearic acids) contents. We concluded that Enterobacter sp. Fs-11 is a potential candidate for biofertilizer formulations to supplement chemical fertilizer requirements of sunflower crop under diverse climatic conditions.
KW - Agro-climatic locations
KW - Enterobacter sp
KW - Fatty acids
KW - Field evaluation
KW - Transmission electron microscopy
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U2 - 10.1007/s42770-019-00061-x
DO - 10.1007/s42770-019-00061-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064831816
SN - 1517-8382
VL - 50
SP - 459
EP - 469
JO - Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
JF - Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
IS - 2
ER -