Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 1268-1276.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.06.17

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Screening of salt-tolerant growth-promoting Bacillus strains and their effect on oat growth under salt stress

LI Liyan1,2(), TAN Haixia3,*(), LI Jing1,2, WANG Lianlong3, DU Yinghui1,2, XU Zhiwen1   

  1. 1. Leading Biological and Agricultural Limited Company, Qinhuangdao 066000, Hebei, China
    2. Hebei Agricultural Biotechnology Technology Innovation Center, Qinhuangdao 066000, Hebei, China
    3. Department of Ecology, Hebei University of Environmental Engineering, Qinhuangdao 066000, Hebei, China
  • Received:2021-07-09 Online:2022-06-25 Published:2022-06-30
  • Contact: TAN Haixia

Abstract:

Abstract: In order to screen salt-tolerant growth-promoting Bacillus strains from the rhizosphere soil of coastal halophytes in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, and provide bacterial resources for the development of salt-tolerant bacterial manure, high-salinity tolerant Bacillus strains were screened and separated by LB culture medium with pH of 9.0 and NaCl mass fraction of 5%, 10%, 15%, respectively. The strains with growth-promoting abilities were further screened by functional medium. Their auxin (IAA)-producing abilities were quantitatively analyzed by Salkowski colorimetric method. The pot experiment was used to study their effect on the growth of oat under salt stress, and 16S rDNA sequence analysis was used to identify the strain with good growth promoting effect. It was shown that a total of 13 Bacillus strains were isolated with high salt tolerance, among which 3 strains (YP2, YP4, SM12) could tolerant 10% (mass fraction) NaCl. All the three strains had abilities of phosphate-solubilizing, potassium-releasing, nitrogen fixation, and production of IAA. Besides, all the three strains could improve the salt resistance of oat and promote its growth under salt stress, and the strain YP2 showed the best performance. Compared with the control, the plant height, stem diameter, shoot biomass, root length, root surface area and root tips quantity were significantly (P<0.05) increased by 72.02%, 42.58%, 186.11%, 392.35%, 378.07% and 518.85%, respectively, malondialdehyde content in oat leaves was significantly (P<0.05) decreased by 43.34%, and the contents of chlorophyll and proline, and activities of peroxidase and catalase were significantly (P<0.05) increased by 312.20%, 124.10%, 274.09% and 198.60%, respectively. As revealed by 16S rDNA sequences, YP2 strain was identified as Bacillus flexus, which has great potential to be developed as a special bacterial agent.

Key words: salt tolerant growth-promoting bacteria, Bacillus, salt stress, physiological characteristics, oat

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