A Seed Endophytic Bacterium Cronobacter dublinensis BC-14 Enhances the Growth and Drought Tolerance of Echinochloa crus-galli
Sheng Cheng, Qingling Wang, Dashan Yang, Quanlong He, Jianxin Deng, Yi Zhou, Lin Zhang, Jianwei Jiang, Gary A Strobel · 2024
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Description
Sheng Cheng and co-authors reported in 2024 that a bacterium living inside barnyard grass seeds helps the weed grow and survive drought. Seedlings often depend on such inner partners, called endophytes. Barnyard grass is a leading weed of rice fields and has lately spread into dry corn land, which raised the question of what helps it endure dry spells.
The team isolated bacteria from the seeds and picked one strain, confirmed by its form, chemistry, and genome as Cronobacter dublinensis, strain BC-14. The strain secreted a growth hormone at the level reported after five days in broth, and it settled into the grass's roots. Seeded or mixed in, it improved the plant's start in life in the trials begun. The head byline runs to eight names against nine in the catalog, so the team framing is used. Readers get a weed's secret ally, with a double edge for farmers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sheng Cheng, Qingling Wang, Dashan Yang, Quanlong He, Jianxin Deng, Yi Zhou, Lin Zhang, Jianwei Jiang, Gary A Strobel |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |