Characterization of Tomato Seed Endophytic Bacteria as Growth Promoters and Potential Biocontrol Agents
Mehwish Roy, Byeonghyeok Kang, Seongeun Yang, Heeyun Choi, Kihyuck Choi · 2024
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Mehwish Roy and co-authors characterize bacteria living inside tomato seeds as growth promoters and disease fighters in a 2024 study. Seed-borne microbes are gaining notice, yet tomato seed communities remained little explored.
From one tomato line's seeds the team built a strain collection dominated by two spore-forming families. Of thirty-five distinct strains, over half made a growth hormone, several released iron-scavenging compounds, and a third freed locked phosphate. In plant assays, four strains lifted fresh weight, stem length, and root length together. Other strains strongly opposed major tomato fungi, including wilt and gray mold agents, with three acting broadly. The authors pitch seed microbes as a chemical-free boost for tomato farming.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mehwish Roy, Byeonghyeok Kang, Seongeun Yang, Heeyun Choi, Kihyuck Choi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |