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Effect of Cadmium-Tolerant Rhizobacteria on Growth Attributes and Chlorophyll Contents of Bitter Gourd under Cadmium Toxicity

Muhammad Zafar‐ul‐Hye Muhammad Naeem Subhan Danish Muhammad Jamil Khan Shah Fahad Rahul Datta Martin Brtnicky Antonin Kintl Muhammad Sabir Hussain Mohamed A. El‐Esawi 

Original Title

Effect of Cadmium-Tolerant Rhizobacteria on Growth Attributes and Chlorophyll Contents of Bitter Gourd under Cadmium Toxicity

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Cadmium (Cd) is one of the heavy metals that negatively affects the growth of plants. High solubilization in water leads Cd to enter into plants quite easily, thus decreasing seed germination, photosynthesis, and transpiration. It also shows an antagonistic effect with many of the plants' nutrients like Mn, Ca, K, Mg and Fe. Nowadays, inoculation of plants with ACC deaminase (ACCD) rhizobacteria to mitigate Cd's adverse effects has drawn the attention of environmental microbiologists. The rhizobacteria secrete organic compounds that can immobilize Cd in soil. Therefore, this study was accomplished to investigate the effect of ACCD plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on the bitter gourd under Cd stress. There were six treatments consisting of two ACCD PGPR (Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Agrobacterium fabrum) strains and inorganic fertilizers at two levels of Cd, i.e., 2 (Cd2) and 5 mg kg(-1) soil (Cd5). The results showed A. fabrum with the recommended NPK fertilizer (RNPKF) significantly increased the vine length (48 and 55%), fresh weight (24 and 22%), and contents of chlorophyll a (79 and 50%), chlorophyll b (30 and 33%) and total chlorophyll (61 and 36%), over control at the two Cd levels i.e., Cd2 and Cd5, respectively. In conclusion, the recommended NPK fertilizer + A. fabrum combination is a very effective treatment with which to immobilize Cd in soil for the improvement of bitter gourd growth.

Keywords

heavy metal; mineral fertilizers; Momordica charantia; pigments; productivity; PGPR

Authors

Muhammad Zafar‐ul‐Hye; Muhammad Naeem; Subhan Danish; Muhammad Jamil Khan; Shah Fahad; Rahul Datta; Martin Brtnicky; Antonin Kintl; Muhammad Sabir Hussain; Mohamed A. El‐Esawi 

Released

17. 10. 2020

Publisher

MDPI

Location

BASEL

ISBN

2223-7747

Periodical

Plants

Year of study

9

Number

1386

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

20

Pages count

20

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/10/1386

BibTex

@article{BUT166334,
  author="Muhammad Zafar‐ul‐Hye and  Muhammad Naeem and Subhan Danish and  Muhammad Jamil Khan and Shah Fahad and  Rahul Datta and  Martin Brtnicky and  Antonin Kintl and Muhammad Sabir Hussain and  Mohamed A. El‐Esawi ",
  title="Effect of Cadmium-Tolerant Rhizobacteria on Growth Attributes and Chlorophyll Contents of Bitter Gourd under Cadmium Toxicity",
  journal="Plants",
  year="2020",
  volume="9",
  number="1386",
  pages="1--20",
  doi="10.3390/plants9101386",
  issn="2223-7747",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/10/1386"
}