| Title: | Plant growth promoting bacteria as an alternative strategy for salt tolerance in plants: A review |
| Author(s): | Numan M; Bashir S; Khan Y; Mumtaz R; Shinwari ZK; Khan AL; Khan A; Al-Harrasi A; |
| Address: | "Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan; UoN Chair of Oman's Medicinal Plants and Marine Natural Products, University of Nizwa, P.O. Box 33, Birkatal Al Mauz, Nizwa 616, Oman. Electronic address: mnuman@bs.qau.edu.pk. Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan. Electronic address: bash033@umn.edu. Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan. Electronic address: yasminkhanqau@gmail.com. Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan. Electronic address: roqayya@bs.qau.edu.pk. Qarshi Research International and Vice Chancellor of Qarshi University, Lahore, Pakistan. Electronic address: shinwari2008@gmail.com. UoN Chair of Oman's Medicinal Plants and Marine Natural Products, University of Nizwa, P.O. Box 33, Birkatal Al Mauz, Nizwa 616, Oman. UoN Chair of Oman's Medicinal Plants and Marine Natural Products, University of Nizwa, P.O. Box 33, Birkatal Al Mauz, Nizwa 616, Oman. Electronic address: latifepm78@yahoo.co.uk. UoN Chair of Oman's Medicinal Plants and Marine Natural Products, University of Nizwa, P.O. Box 33, Birkatal Al Mauz, Nizwa 616, Oman. Electronic address: aharrasi@unizwa.edu.om" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.micres.2018.02.003 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1618-0623 (Electronic) 0944-5013 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Approximately 5.2 billion hectare agriculture land are affected by erosion, salinity and soil degradation. Salinity stress has significantly affecting the fertile lands, and therefore possesses a huge impact on the agriculture and economy of a country. Salt stress has severe effects on the growth and development of plants as well as reducing its yield. Plants are inherently equipped with stress tolerance ability to responds the specific type of stress. Plants retained specific mechanisms for salt stress mitigation, such as hormonal stimulation, ion exchange, antioxidant enzymes and activation of signaling cascades on their metabolic and genetic frontiers that sooth the stressed condition. Additional to the plant inherent mechanisms, certain plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) also have specialized mechanism that play key role for salt stress tolerance and plant growth promotion. These bacteria triggers plants to produce different plant growth hormones like auxin, cytokinine and gibberellin as well as volatile organic compounds. These bacteria also produces growth regulators like siderophore, which fix nitrogen, solubilize organic and inorganic phosphate. Considering the importance of PGPB in compensation of salt tolerance in plants, the present study has reviewed the different aspect and mechanism of bacteria that play key role in promoting plants growth and yield. It can be concluded that PGPB can be used as a cost effective and economical tool for salinity tolerance and growth promotion in plants" |
| Keywords: | "Bacteria/metabolism Plant Development Plant Growth Regulators/*metabolism Plants/*metabolism/*microbiology Salinity Salt Tolerance/*physiology Stress, Physiological/*physiology Plant growth and yield Plant growth promoting bacteria Saline stress Tolerance;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineNuman, Muhammad Bashir, Samina Khan, Yasmin Mumtaz, Roqayya Shinwari, Zabta Khan Khan, Abdul Latif Khan, Ajmal Al-Harrasi, Ahmed eng Review Germany 2018/03/28 Microbiol Res. 2018 Apr; 209:21-32. doi: 10.1016/j.micres.2018.02.003. Epub 2018 Feb 13" |
