Biodiversity of Culturable Endophytic Actinobacteria Isolated from High Yield Camellia oleifera and Their Plant Growth Promotion Potential
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Materials
2.2. Collection of Samples
2.3. Determination of Rhizosphere Soil Characteristics
2.4. Isolation of Endophytic Actinobacteria
2.5. Classification of Endophytic Actinobacteria
2.6. In Vitro Qualitative Assessment of Plant-Growth Promotion (PGP) Traits of Puried Endophytic Actinobacteria
2.7. Effects of the Potential Endophytic Actinobacteria on the Growth of C. oleifera Seedlings
2.8. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Isolation of Culturable Endophytic Actinobacteria
3.2. Impact of Culture Media on Isolation
3.3. Composition of Endophytic Actinobacteria
3.4. Soil Characteristics
3.5. Effects of Soil Condition on Endophytic Actinobacterial Community Distribution
3.6. In Vitro Evaluation of Endophytic Actinobacteria with Plant Growth Promoting Traits
3.7. In Vivo Effects of Endophytic Actinobacteria on the Growth of C. oleifera Seedlings
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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XL1 | XL97 | XL210 | XL27 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fruit diameter/mm | 30–44 | 26–37 | 33–48 | 30–45 |
Fruit number per 500 g | 15–30 | 21–40 | 15–30 | 15–28 |
Fresh seed rate/% | 46.8 | 43.4–46.4 | 44.8 | 50–56 |
Seed kernel oil rate/% | 35.0 | 50.5 | 36.4 | 34.7 |
Fruit oil rate/% | 8.9 | 10.9 | 5.8 | 10.7 |
Oil production/kg ha−1 | 772.5 | 901.5 | 618.8 | 995.4 |
XL1 | XL97 | XL210 | XL27 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
pH | 5.71 ± 0.03 a | 5.05 ± 0.03 b | 5.07 ± 0.24 b | 4.73 ± 0.02 c |
Organic matter (g kg−1) | 34.86 ± 1.48 c | 57.33 ± 2.24 a | 55.37 ± 3.11 a | 41.01 ± 2.52 b |
Total nitrogen (g kg−1) | 2.68 ± 0.01 b | 3.41 ± 0.27 a | 2.63 ± 0.04 b | 2.63 ± 0.23 b |
Total phosphorus (g kg−1) | 0.61 ± 0.13 b | 0.59 ± 0.05 b | 0.42 ± 0.04 b | 1.16 ± 0.14 a |
Total potassium (g kg−1) | 5.24 ± 0.14 b | 4.53 ± 0.05 bc | 4.11 ± 0.08 c | 7.69 ± 0.52 a |
Available nitrogen (mg kg−1) | 170.67 ± 15.73 b | 171.88 ± 7.02 b | 124.16 ± 15.44 c | 215.37 ± 13.24 a |
Available phosphorus (mg kg−1) | 11.81 ± 0.74 bc | 12.96 ± 0.72 b | 10.90 ± 0.24 c | 15.21 ± 2.49 a |
Available potassium (mg kg−1) | 107.74 ± 2.03 b | 86.76 ± 4.67 c | 88.39 ± 6.81 c | 133.88 ± 3.78 a |
Calcium (g kg−1) | 0.53 ± 0.06 b | 0.74 ± 0.09 a | 0.40 ± 0.05 c | 0.77 ± 0.09 a |
Iron (g kg−1) | 14.87 ± 0.56 d | 23.23 ± 0.73 b | 18.23 ± 1.53 c | 30.25 ± 1.31 a |
Aluminum (g kg−1) | 1.10 ± 0.17 a | 1.11 ± 0.13 a | 0.96 ± 0.04 a | 1.12 ± 0.16 a |
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Xu, T.; Cui, K.; Chen, J.; Wang, R.; Wang, X.; Chen, L.; Zhang, Z.; He, Z.; Liu, C.; Tang, W.; et al. Biodiversity of Culturable Endophytic Actinobacteria Isolated from High Yield Camellia oleifera and Their Plant Growth Promotion Potential. Agriculture 2021, 11, 1150. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11111150
Xu T, Cui K, Chen J, Wang R, Wang X, Chen L, Zhang Z, He Z, Liu C, Tang W, et al. Biodiversity of Culturable Endophytic Actinobacteria Isolated from High Yield Camellia oleifera and Their Plant Growth Promotion Potential. Agriculture. 2021; 11(11):1150. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11111150
Chicago/Turabian StyleXu, Ting, Kunpeng Cui, Jiawei Chen, Rui Wang, Xiangnan Wang, Longsheng Chen, Zhen Zhang, Zhilong He, Caixia Liu, Wei Tang, and et al. 2021. "Biodiversity of Culturable Endophytic Actinobacteria Isolated from High Yield Camellia oleifera and Their Plant Growth Promotion Potential" Agriculture 11, no. 11: 1150. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11111150