Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2): 394-404.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20240093

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Effect of growth-promoting bacteria on the degradation of thiamethoxam in Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis

HU Rui1,2(), MA Liya2, WAN Qun2, WANG Ya2, CAO Yaoyao2, SHAO Sicheng1, GE Jing2, WU Xiangwei1,*(), YU Xiangyang2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230031, China
    2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
  • Received:2024-01-28 Online:2025-02-25 Published:2025-03-20
  • Contact: WU Xiangwei,YU Xiangyang

Abstract:

To explore the impact of plant growth-promoting bacteria and their combined consortia on the degradation of thiamethoxam in Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, this study used Pseudomonas sp. (NS6), Enterobacter sp. (NS54 and NS62), and Aeromonas hydrophila(NS69) as materials. Antagonistic tests were conducted to determine the compatibility between the strains, and based on plant growth-promoting characteristics experiments, the strains for constructing the composite microbial community were screened. Through pot experiments, the effects of single plant growth-promoting bacterium and the best-performing microbial consortium on the growth, quality, and thiamethoxam degradation in B. rapa subsp. chinensis were studied. The results showed that there was no antagonistic relationship among the strains, and the NS54+NS62+NS69 microbial consortium exhibited the best plant growth-promoting performance. The pot experiment results revealed that both the single strain treatments and the optimal microbial consortium treatment could improve the plant height, root length, fresh weight, dry weight, and chlorophyll content of B. rapa subsp. chinensis. They effectively reduced the malondialdehyde (MDA) content after thiamethoxam treatment and increased the contents of soluble sugars, soluble proteins, and vitamin C in B. rapa subsp. chinensis, with the microbial consortium treatment being superior to that of the single strain treatments. Additionally, the NS54+NS62+NS69 microbial consortium upregulated the expression of stress-responsive plant hormones (salicylic acid and jasmonic acid) related genes in B. rapa var. chinensis, thereby promoting the degradation of thiamethoxam. In summary, the NS54+NS62+NS69 microbial consortium not only promoted the growth and improved the quality of B. rapa subsp. Chinensis, but also effectively reduced the residual amount of thiamethoxam in the plant. This study result could provide an important theoretical foundation for ensuring the quality and safety of agricultural products and developing functional microbial agents

Key words: growth-promoting bacterium, microbial consortium, thiamethtoxam, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, growth-promotion, degradation

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