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Induction of antioxidant enzymes is involved in the greater effectiveness of a PGPR versus AM fungi with respect to increasing the tolerance of lettuce to severe salt stress
Authors:Josef Kohler  José Antonio Hernández  Fuensanta Caravaca  Antonio Roldán
Institution:2. Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, India;3. Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, Israel
Abstract:This study investigated the influence of inoculation with a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium, Pseudomonas mendocina Palleroni, alone or in combination with an arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus, Glomus intraradices (Schenk & Smith) or Glomus mosseae (Nicol & Gerd.) Gerd. & Trappe, on antioxidant enzyme activities (catalase and total peroxidase), phosphatase activity, solute accumulation, growth and mineral nutrient uptake in leaves of Lactuca sativa L. cv. Tafalla affected by three different levels of salt stress. Salinity decreased lettuce growth, regardless of the biological treatment and of the salt stress level. The plants inoculated with P. mendocina had significantly greater shoot biomass than the control plants at both salinity levels, whereas the mycorrhizal inoculation treatments only were effective in increasing shoot biomass at the medium salinity level. At the highest salinity level, the water content was greater in leaves of plants treated with P. mendocina or G. mosseae. At the medium salinity level, G. intraradices- or G. mosseae-colonised plants showed the highest concentrations of foliar P. The P. mendocina- and G. mosseae-colonised plants presented higher concentrations of foliar K and lower concentrations of foliar Na under high salt conditions. Salt stress decreased sugar accumulation and increased foliar proline concentration, particularly in plants inoculated with the PGPR. Increasing salinity stress raised significantly the antioxidant enzyme activities, including those of total peroxidase and catalase, of lettuce leaves compared to their respective non-stressed controls. The PGPR strain induced a higher increase in these antioxidant enzymes in response to severe salinity. Inoculation with selected PGPR could serve as a useful tool for alleviating salinity stress in salt-sensitive plants.
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