Soil salinity: A serious environmental issue and plant growth promoting bacteria as one of the tools for its alleviation.
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...Thus, the area of soils with restrictions for vegetable crop production is certainly greater than the area of salinized soils, since a saline soil is generally defined as showing an electrical conductivity (EC) value of the saturation extract (ECe) in the root zone that exceeding 4 dS m−1 (approximately 40 mM NaCl) at 25 ◦C and having an exchangeable sodium level of 15% [1]....
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...It was estimated that about 20% (45 million ha) of irrigated land, producing one-third of the world’s food, is salt-affected [1]....
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...Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) consisting of a group of beneficial bacteria found in the rhizosphere and rhizoplane of the plants, were proven to be the most environmentally friendly and a better alternative to synthetic agrochemicals and other conventional agricultural practices in augmenting growth and stress tolerance in plants, as well as in attaining sustainable agriculture (Shrivastava and Kumar, 2015; Turan et al., 2017; Gouda et al., 2018; Grobelak et al., 2018; Nagargade et al., 2018)....
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...%) in grain yields of major crop plants such as rice (Oryza sativa L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) is required to fulfill the food supply requirements for the projected population by 2050 (Godfray et al., 2010)....
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...) is required to fulfill the food supply requirements for the projected population by 2050 (Godfray et al., 2010)....
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...Excessive accumulation of sodium in cell walls can rapidly lead to osmotic stress and cell death (Munns, 2002)....
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...For several enzymes, K+ acts as cofactor and cannot be substituted by Na+. High K+ concentration is also required for binding tRNA to ribosomes and thus protein synthesis (Zhu, 2002)....
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...High K concentration is also required for binding tRNA to ribosomes and thus protein synthesis (Zhu, 2002)....
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...Others do this indirectly by protecting the plant against soil-borne diseases, most of which are caused by pathogenic fungi (Lutgtenberg and Kamilova, 2009)....
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...Several strategies have been developed in order to decrease the toxic effects caused by high salinity on plant growth, including plant genetic engineering (Wang et al., 2003), and recently the use of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) (Dimkpa et al....
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...Several strategies have been developed in order to decrease the toxic effects caused by high salinity on plant growth, including plant genetic engineering (Wang et al., 2003), and recently the use of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) (Dimkpa et al., 2009)....
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