Paclobutrazol and plant-growth promoting bacterial endophyte Pantoea sp. enhance copper tolerance of guinea grass (Panicum maximum) in hydroponic culture |
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Authors: | Wei Huo Chun-hua Zhuang Ya Cao Meng Pu Hui Yao Lai-qing Lou Qing-sheng Cai |
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Institution: | (1) College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China;(2) Department of Plant Science, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China; |
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Abstract: | As most gramineous plants, guinea grass (Panicum maximum) comprise cellulosic biomass, which may be used as a feedstock for bioenergy. In order to develop such potential energy plants
on copper-polluted lands, the hydroponic experiments with Cu, Paclobutrazol (PP333, a kind of antigibberellin) and plant growth-promoting
bacterial endophyte (PGPB) treatments were carried out in a greenhouse. The seedlings of two cultivars of guinea grass, GG1
(P. maximum
var. Natsukomaki) and GG2 (P. maximum var. Natsukaze) in 3 weeks old were treated, respectively, with different Cu treatments 0(CK), 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 μM l−1 Cu] for estimating Cu toxicity. The results showed that elevated Cu restrained plant growth and reduced biomass. According
to the EC50 value the Cu concentration when the relative gain in fresh weight ratio was 50% of control] of two tested cultivars,
the concentration of Cu for further experiments was decided as 300 μM l−1. Both pretreatments of PP333 (200, 400, 600 mg l−1) and PGPB (Pantoea
sp.) significantly alleviated the negative affect caused by stress of 300 μM l−1 Cu. The pretreatment of 400 mg l−1 PP333 promoted both two cultivars in biomass, compared to 300 μM l−1 Cu treat. The inoculation of Pantoea sp. Jp3-3 increased shoot dry weight, compared to Cu treat. The results suggested that the main reason for both PP333 and
Pantoea sp. Jp3-3 enhanced Cu tolerance in guinea grass was that their pretreatments significantly decreased Cu absorption and accumulation
under excessive Cu stress. The present study has provided a new insight into the exploitation of energy plant in heavy metal
polluted condition by the way of plant growth regulation for increasing heavy metal tolerance. |
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