Effect of salt stress on interaction between lentil (Lens culinaris) genotypes and Rhizobium spp. strains: symbiotic N2 fixation in normal and sodic soils |
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Authors: | R Rai R P Singh |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Microbiology, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj – 224229, Faizabad (U.P.), India, IN |
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Abstract: | Following screening, selection, characterization and examination of their symbiotic N2 fixation, only two Rhizobium strains (ND-16 and TAL-1860) and four lentil genotypes (DLG-103, LC-50, LC-53 and Sehore 74-3) were found to be suited to
sodic soils. Interactions between salt-tolerant lentil genotypes and Rhizobium strains were found to be significant, and resulted in greater nodulation, N2 fixation (nitrogenase activity), total nitrogen, plant height, root length and grain yield in sodic soils under field conditions
compared to uninoculated controls. Significantly more nodulation, nitrogenase activity, glutamine synthetase (GS) and NADH-dependent
glutamate synthase (NADH-GOGAT) activities were found in normal soil as compared to the soil supplemented with 4% and 8% NaCl.
Salt stress inhibited nitrogenase, GS and NADH-GOGAT activities. However, nitrogenase activity in nodules was more sensitive
to salt stress than GS and NADH-GOGAT activities (NH4
+ assimilation). The relevance of these findings for salt-tolerant symbionts is discussed.
Received: 14 November 1997 |
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Keywords: | Rhizobium spp Symbiotic N2 fixation Nitrogenase activity Glutamine synthetase Sodic soils |
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