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Efficiency of heavy metals-tolerant plant growth promoting bacteria for alleviating heavy metals toxicity on sorghum
Environmental and Experimental Botany • 2019
Publication Information
Authors
Rasha M. El-Meihy, Hamed E. Abou-Aly, Ahmed M.Youssef,Taha A. Tewfike, Eman A El-Alkshar
Keywords
Heavy metal-tolerant bacteria, Sorghum, PGPB, Oxidative enzymes, TF
Journal
Environmental and Experimental Botany
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
162
Issue
Not Available
Pages
295-301
publication.type
International
Paper Link
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Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
Agreen-houseexperimentwasconductedtoinvestigatetheefficiencyofthreeheavymetal-tolerantplantgrowth promoting bacterial strains (HMT-PGPB) (Alcaligenes faecalis MG257493.1, Bacillus cereus MG257494.1 and AlcaligenesfaecalisMG966440.1toalleviatetheheavymetal’stoxiceffectsonsorghumplant(Sorghumbicolor, L.)inadditiontotheirabilitytoenhanceplantgrowth.Theoxidativeenzymes,photosyntheticpigments,growth characteristics, heavy metals uptake and heavy metals translocation factor (TF) were estimated in sorghum cultivated in soil contaminated with heavy metals under green-house conditions. Results showed that the applicationoftheseHTM-PGPBstrainsasbiofertilizerofsorghumhelpplanttoignorethetoxiceffectsofheavy metalsandenhancegrowthcharacteristics.