Co-inoculation of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and the Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Improve Growth and Photosynthesis in Tobacco Under Drought Stress by Up-Regulating Antioxidant and Mineral Nutrition Metabolism

• Published in: Microbial ecology Vol. 83; no. 4; pp. 971 - 988
• Main Authors: Begum, Naheeda, Wang, Ling, Ahmad, Husain, Akhtar, Kashif, Roy, Rana, Khan, Muhammad Ishfaq, Zhao, Tuanjie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.05.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abscisic acid; Accumulation; Acetic acid; Antioxidants; Antioxidants - metabolism; Arbuscular mycorrhizas; Bacillus methylotrophicus; biomass; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Carotenoids; Chlorophyll; Chlorophyll a; Chlorophyll A - metabolism; Crop growth; Crop production; Drought; Drought resistance; drought tolerance; Droughts; Ecology; Electrolyte leakage; Electrolytes; Electrolytes - metabolism; Environmental perception; Enzymatic activity; Enzyme activity; Flavonoids; Fungi; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Glomus versiforme; indole acetic acid; Indoleacetic acid; Inoculation; Leakage; Life Sciences; Lipid peroxidation; Lipids; Metabolism; Microbial Ecology; Microbiology; Microorganisms; Minerals - metabolism; Mycorrhizae - physiology; Nature Conservation; Nicotiana; Nicotiana tabacum; Nutrition; Nutritional Status; Peroxidation; Phenols; Photosynthesis; Photosystem II; Plant growth; plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria; Plant Microbe Interactions; Plant nutrition; Plant Roots - microbiology; Probiotics; Shoots; Tobacco; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; Water Quality/Water Pollution; water stress; Drought stress; Tobacco; AMF; PGPR; Secondary metabolism

Drought stress is a major environmental concern that limits crop growth on a large scale around the world. Significant efforts are required to overcome this issue in order to improve crop production. Therefore, the exciting role of beneficial microorganisms under stress conditions needs to be deeply...