Anatomical and Biochemical Changes Induced by Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus Stand Up for Arabidopsis thaliana Seedlings From Ralstonia solanacearum Infection
Nowadays, fertilization and pest control are carried out using chemical compounds that contaminate soil and deteriorate human health. Plant growth promoting bacteria endophytes (PGPBEs), are a well-studied group of bacteria that offers benefits to the host plant, such as phytostimulation, biofertili...
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Published in | Frontiers in plant science Vol. 10; p. 1618 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A
23.12.2019
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Summary: | Nowadays, fertilization and pest control are carried out using chemical compounds that contaminate soil and deteriorate human health. Plant growth promoting bacteria endophytes (PGPBEs), are a well-studied group of bacteria that offers benefits to the host plant, such as phytostimulation, biofertilization, and protection against other microorganisms. The study of
-which belongs to PGPBEs-aids the development of alternative strategies of an integrated approach for crop management practices.
is responsible for bacterial wilt disease. This phytopathogen is of great interest worldwide due to the enormous economic losses it causes. In this study the action of
as a growth promoting bacterium in
seedlings is analyzed, evaluating the antagonistic mechanisms of this beneficial endophytic bacterium during biotic stress produced by
. Effective colonization of
was determined through bacterial counting assays, evaluation of anatomical and growth parameters, and pigments quantification. Biocontrol assays were carried out with
GMI1000 model strain and
A21 a recently isolated strain. Inoculation of
(Col 0) with
Pal 5 triggers a set of biochemical and structural changes in roots, stems, and leaves of seedlings. Discrete callose deposits as papillae were observed at specific sites of root hairs, trichomes, and leaf tissue. Upon
GMI1000 infection, endophyte-treated plants demonstrated being induced for defense through an augmented callose deposition at root hairs and leaves compared with the non-endophyte-treated controls. The endophytic bacterium appears to be able to prime callose response. Roots and stems cross sections showed that integrity of all tissues was preserved in endophyte-treated plants infected with
A21. The mechanisms of resistance elicited by the plant after inoculation with the endophyte would be greater lignification and sclerosis in tissues and reinforcement of the cell wall through the deposition of callose. As a consequence of this priming in plant defense response, viable phytopathogenic bacteria counting were considerably fewer in endophyte-inoculated plants than in not-inoculated controls. Our results indicate that
colonizes
plants performing a protective role against the phytopathogenic bacterium
promoting the activation of plant defense system. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 This article was submitted to Plant Microbe Interactions, a section of the journal Frontiers in Plant Science Reviewed by: Kei Hiruma, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan; Carlos Henrique Meneses, State University of Paraíba, Brazil Edited by: Massimiliano Morelli, Italian National Research Council (IPSP-CNR), Italy |
ISSN: | 1664-462X 1664-462X |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpls.2019.01618 |