Wheat plants response to new endophytes, achromobacter and zoogloea, under field conditions / Resposta da cultura do trigo aos novos endófitos, Achromobacter e Zoogloea, em condições de campo

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

This study reports for the first time the endophytic nature of Achromobacter and Zoogloea in wheat plants, that were identified by 16S rDNA gene sequence analyses. To find out the localization of the bacterial cells (IAC-AT-8- Azospirillum brasiliense, IACHT- 11- Achromobacter insolitus, IAC-HT-12- Zoogloea ramigera) in/on wheat plants, an experiment was set up under axenic conditions. Fifteen days after inoculation, the plants were observed under electron microscope. All the strains could be visualized on the external part of the root and in the inner part at the elongation zone, in the cortex cells. Two field experiments were carried out in year of 2002, with the aim of evaluating the benefits from inoculation of these strains in wheat plants, with two wheat genotypes (ITD-19 and IAC-370) and three levels of nitrogen fertilizer. The plants were evaluated at four leaves and at tillering stage. Inoculated plants presented increases in dry matter, N accumulation and grain yield, especially in combination with N fertilizer, generating financial profits for the farmer. The responses to inoculation varied according to the location. A field experiment was carried out, in year of 2003, with the same experimental set up used at the previous year. However, the plants were evaluated at tillering stage and at maturity stage. Grain yield and the main yield components were evaluated at harvest. Independent of the cultivar or the nitrogen dose, plants inoculated with the strain IAC-AT-8 presented increases in grain N accumulation and, at the highest nitrogen dose, the strain IAC-HT-11 increased grain yield. The plants? benefits due to the inoculation of endophytic diazotrophic bacteria may also result from their indole synthesis, a field experiment was carried out to find out which had been the main mechanisms for improvement of plant growth and yield, in 2005. The employed strains produced variable amounts of indoles, however, the inoculation brought benefits to wheat plants, mainly in the presence of added N, demonstrated that others mecanisms could be acting for the positive responses to inoculation. In this way, a greenhouse experiment was carried out with the aim of evaluating the influence of inoculation on nitrogen metabolism in wheat plants, and the colonization in unsterilized substratum. The strains were selectively market with antibiotic resistence to. Forty days after inoculation, all three strains had been established in the interior of the roots, however, they could not be detected in the soil. The strain IAC-HT-11 influenced the N metabolism of the plants, increased the nitrate reductase and glutamine synthetase activities, and the chlorophyll content, causing higher efficiency in N utilization. In spite of the great variability of the inoculation response, IAC-HT-11, Achromobacter insolitus, generated the greatest yield increase when combined with nitrogen fertilizer. Inoculation of diazotrophic bacteria is an inexpensive technique, that is economically sound, promoting the increase in grain yield and generating financial profits for the farmer.

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enzimas nitrogênio trigo bactérias fixadoras de nitrogênio nitrogen produtividade hormônios vegetais genótipos genotypes nitrogen-fixing bacteria wheat grain yield phytohormones enzymes

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