Enhancing growth and drought tolerance in tomato through arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis
Abstract Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can improve water-deficit tolerance in tomatoes, although very few studies have examined the AMF contribution to the metabolism of proline under water-deficit stress. In our study, we investigated the effects of AMF inoculation on plant growth and drought...
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| description | Abstract Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can improve water-deficit tolerance in tomatoes, although very few studies have examined the AMF contribution to the metabolism of proline under water-deficit stress. In our study, we investigated the effects of AMF inoculation on plant growth and drought tolerance in tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) under well-watered and drought conditions. AMF inoculations were applied in treatments with or without AMF, and with Rhizophagus intraradices, Funneliformis mosseae, or both. Our results evident that AMF colonization significantly increased the plant growth of tomatoes despite soil water conditions and significant with dually inoculated plants and R. intraradices was more effective than F. mosseae. During AMF inoculation and water stress conditions, photosynthesis increased significantly, while proline levels showed no significant change under these conditions. AMF could enhance the growth of the crop, drought tolerance through changes in morphological, physiological, and biochemical qualities of tomato crops. It summarized that AMF enhances the higher SLA, LAR, RGR, and photosynthetic yield under both watered and drought conditions. AMF enhanced the nutritional status, combined with leaf relative water content (RWC), which assists the plant’s translocation of minerals and alleviates the impact of drought on tomato growth. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-81788a21f2a042ec8596e31d618e14c12024-12-03T07:49:53ZengInstituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de JaneiroRodriguésia2175-78602024-12-017510.1590/2175-7860202475079Enhancing growth and drought tolerance in tomato through arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosisMeenakshi Singhhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1266-3584Pradeep Kumar Singhhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5257-4204Abstract Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can improve water-deficit tolerance in tomatoes, although very few studies have examined the AMF contribution to the metabolism of proline under water-deficit stress. In our study, we investigated the effects of AMF inoculation on plant growth and drought tolerance in tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) under well-watered and drought conditions. AMF inoculations were applied in treatments with or without AMF, and with Rhizophagus intraradices, Funneliformis mosseae, or both. Our results evident that AMF colonization significantly increased the plant growth of tomatoes despite soil water conditions and significant with dually inoculated plants and R. intraradices was more effective than F. mosseae. During AMF inoculation and water stress conditions, photosynthesis increased significantly, while proline levels showed no significant change under these conditions. AMF could enhance the growth of the crop, drought tolerance through changes in morphological, physiological, and biochemical qualities of tomato crops. It summarized that AMF enhances the higher SLA, LAR, RGR, and photosynthetic yield under both watered and drought conditions. AMF enhanced the nutritional status, combined with leaf relative water content (RWC), which assists the plant’s translocation of minerals and alleviates the impact of drought on tomato growth.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2175-78602024000100243&lng=en&tlng=enarbuscular mycorrhizal fungidrought tolerancemorphological traitsphotosynthesisphysiological traitssymbiosis |
| spellingShingle | Meenakshi Singh Pradeep Kumar Singh Enhancing growth and drought tolerance in tomato through arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis Rodriguésia arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi drought tolerance morphological traits photosynthesis physiological traits symbiosis |
| title | Enhancing growth and drought tolerance in tomato through arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis |
| title_full | Enhancing growth and drought tolerance in tomato through arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing growth and drought tolerance in tomato through arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing growth and drought tolerance in tomato through arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis |
| title_short | Enhancing growth and drought tolerance in tomato through arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis |
| title_sort | enhancing growth and drought tolerance in tomato through arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis |
| topic | arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi drought tolerance morphological traits photosynthesis physiological traits symbiosis |
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