Alleviation of cadmium toxicity and growth enhancement of Helianthus annuus and Triticum aestivum seedlings through bacterial inoculation

Nasreen Akhtar; Shahida Hasnain; Anjum Nasim Sabri

Alleviation of cadmium toxicity and growth enhancement of Helianthus annuus and Triticum aestivum seedlings through bacterial inoculation

1996

Nasreen Akhtar | Shahida Hasnain | Anjum Nasim Sabri

Two Cd-resistant bacterial growth strains MA-9 (Aeromonas) and MA19 (affinities uncertain), which were isolated from ICI effluents, were used to inoculate seeds of Triticum aestivum (wheat) and Helianthus annuus (sunflower). Both inoculated and non-inoculated seeds were germinated and grown under different concentrations(0, 1, 2 and 3 mM) of CdCl2 for 10 days. Under Cd-stress conditions, bacteria-inoculated plants had better germination and growth than non-inoculated treatments. Bacterial growth enhancement of seedlings was associatedwith reduced Cd uptake.

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