Desert‐adapted plant growth‐promoting pseudomonads modulate plant auxin homeostasis and mitigate salinity stress
Ramona Marasco, Maria J Mosqueira, Kholoud A Seferji, Sarah M Al Romaih, Grégoire Michoud, Jian Xu, Cristina Bez, Tatiana Castillo Hernandez, Vittorio Venturi, Ikram Blilou, Daniele Daffonchio · 2024
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Ramona Marasco and co-authors show how desert bacteria help plants bear salty soils in a 2024 study. Microbes from harsh places may shield crops as climate stress grows. Two Pseudomonas strains from date palm roots were already known to ease drought.
Both strains settled on roots and reshaped them: main roots grew shorter while root hairs lengthened. The bacteria also shifted the plant's auxin balance, the hormone system steering root form. Cell, body, and gene-level checks traced how tolerance improved under salt. Harnessing root microbes could cut the chemical burden of farming dry, salty land, if field trials confirm the greenhouse promise.
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| CREATOR | Ramona Marasco, Maria J Mosqueira, Kholoud A Seferji, Sarah M Al Romaih, Grégoire Michoud, Jian Xu, Cristina Bez, Tatiana Castillo Hernandez, Vittorio Venturi, Ikram Blilou, Daniele Daffonchio |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 69 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |