Seed Priming with Endophytic Bacillus subtilis Modulates Physiological Responses of Two Different Triticum aestivum L. Cultivars under Drought Stress
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Bacterial Strain and Inoculum Preparation
2.2. Plant Materials, Growth Conditions, and Growth Parameters Assay
2.3. Seed Germination Assay
2.4. Seedlings Colonization Assay
2.5. Determination of Photosynthetic Pigments
2.6. Determination of Water Holding Capacity (WHC) of Leaves
2.7. Assessments of Proline (Pro), Electrolyte Leakage (EL), and Lipid Peroxidation (MDA)
2.8. Endogenous Salicylic Acid (SA) Extraction and Quantification
2.9. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Seedling Colonization with Bacillus subtilis 10-4
3.2. Germination
3.3. Seedling Growth
3.4. Photosynthetic Pigments
3.5. Water Holding Capacity (WHC)
3.6. Electrolyte Leakage and Lipid Peroxidation
3.7. Proline (Pro)
3.8. Endogenous Salicylic Acid (SA)
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Lastochkina, O.; Garshina, D.; Ivanov, S.; Yuldashev, R.; Khafizova, R.; Allagulova, C.; Fedorova, K.; Avalbaev, A.; Maslennikova, D.; Bosacchi, M. Seed Priming with Endophytic Bacillus subtilis Modulates Physiological Responses of Two Different Triticum aestivum L. Cultivars under Drought Stress. Plants 2020, 9, 1810. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9121810
Lastochkina O, Garshina D, Ivanov S, Yuldashev R, Khafizova R, Allagulova C, Fedorova K, Avalbaev A, Maslennikova D, Bosacchi M. Seed Priming with Endophytic Bacillus subtilis Modulates Physiological Responses of Two Different Triticum aestivum L. Cultivars under Drought Stress. Plants. 2020; 9(12):1810. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9121810
Chicago/Turabian StyleLastochkina, Oksana, Darya Garshina, Sergey Ivanov, Ruslan Yuldashev, Regina Khafizova, Chulpan Allagulova, Kristina Fedorova, Azamat Avalbaev, Dilara Maslennikova, and Massimo Bosacchi. 2020. "Seed Priming with Endophytic Bacillus subtilis Modulates Physiological Responses of Two Different Triticum aestivum L. Cultivars under Drought Stress" Plants 9, no. 12: 1810. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9121810
APA StyleLastochkina, O., Garshina, D., Ivanov, S., Yuldashev, R., Khafizova, R., Allagulova, C., Fedorova, K., Avalbaev, A., Maslennikova, D., & Bosacchi, M. (2020). Seed Priming with Endophytic Bacillus subtilis Modulates Physiological Responses of Two Different Triticum aestivum L. Cultivars under Drought Stress. Plants, 9(12), 1810. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9121810