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ArticleScientific reports2019

Metal resistant PGPR lowered Cd uptake and expression of metal transporter genes with improved growth and photosynthetic pigments in Lycopersicon esculentum under metal toxicity.

Kanika Khanna, Vijay Lakshmi Jamwal, Sumit G Gandhi, Puja Ohri, Renu Bhardwaj

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kanika KhannaDepartment of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 143005, India.
Vijay Lakshmi JamwalIndian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Canal Road, Jammu, 180 001, India.
Sumit G GandhiIndian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Canal Road, Jammu, 180 001, India. sumit@iiim.ac.in.
Puja OhriDepartment of Zoology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 143005, India. ohri11puja@gmail.com.
Renu BhardwajDepartment of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 143005, India. renubhardwaj82@gmail.com.
Guru Nanak Dev University · INCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research · INIndian Institute of Integrative Medicine · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) are very effective in immobilization of heavy metals and reducing their translocation in plants via precipitation, complex formation and adsorption. The present study was therefore designed to understand the role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia gladioli in mitigation of Cd stress (0.4 mM) in 10-days old L. esculentum seedlings. The present work investigated growth characteristics, photosynthetic pigments, metal tolerance index, metal uptake and the contents of metal chelating compounds (protein bound and non-protein bound thiols, total thiols) in microbes inoculated Cd treated L. esculentum seedlings. The gene expression profiling of different metal transporters was conducted in order to investigate the quantitative analysis. Our results revealed Cd generated toxicity in seedlings in terms of reduced growth (root length, shoot length and fresh weight) and photosynthetic pigments (chlorophyll, carotenoid and xanthophyll) which enhanced upon inoculations of P. aeruginosa and B. gladioli. Further, the metal uptake along with levels of protein and non-protein bound thiols was also enhanced in Cd-treated seedlings. Gene expression studies suggested enhanced expression in the metal transporter genes which were further declined in the microbe supplemented seedlings. Therefore, micro-organisms possess growth promoting traits that enable them to reduce metal toxicity in plants.

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CadmiumCarotenoidsChlorophyllDrug ToleranceGene Expression Regulation, PlantMembrane Transport ProteinsPhotosynthesisPlant ProteinsPlant RootsPlant ShootsSeedlingsSolanum lycopersicumSulfhydryl CompoundsCadmiumCarotenoidsChlorophyllMembrane Transport ProteinsPlant ProteinsSulfhydryl Compounds

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PMID30971817
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