Alleviation of salt stress in germination of Vigna radiata L. by two halotolerant Bacilli sp. isolated from saline habitats of Gujarat
2015
Patel, Ravi R. | Patel, Disha D. | Thakor, Parth | Patel, Bhavika | Thakkar, Vasudev R.
Fifty halotolerant bacterial strains were isolated from the alkaline saline soil from the Ajod village of Vadodara district of Gujarat. All strains grew well in media supplemented with 5 % NaCl, but two strains (BR5 and BN7) could grow even at 18 % NaCl concentration. These two strains were characterized for their plant growth promoting characteristics. Both the strains were able to solubilize significant amount of phosphate and produce IAA. Both the strains also showed nitrogen fixing, siderophore production and antifungal properties against root rot pathogen of Vigna. radiata L., Fusarium sp. Potential of these halotolerant bacteria to ameliorate salt stress in V. radiata L. plants grown in saline soil inoculated with these bacteria was assessed. Both halotolerant bacteria were found to increase germination percentage, root length and shoot length compared to un inoculated control plants. Both these cultures were subjected to 16S rRNA gene sequencing and BLAST analysis, among which, BR5 showed 99 % similarity with Bacillus subtilis and BN7 showed 99 % similarity with B. megaterium.
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