Alleviation of cadmium toxicity and growth enhancement of helianthusannuus and triticum aestivum seedlings through bacterial inoculation

• Main Authors: Hasnain, Shahida, Akhtar, Nasreen, Nasim Sabri, Anjum
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 1996
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3531/1/Alleviation_of_CadtniUDl_Toxicity_and_Growth_EnhanceDlent_of_Helianthus.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3531/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JTAS%20Vol.%2019%20(2&3)%20Dec.%201996/08%20JTAS%20Vol.19%20(23)%201996%20(Pg%20163-169).pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Two Cd-resistant bacterial growth strains MA-9 (Aeromonas) and MA19 (affinities uncertain), which were isolated from ICI effluents, were used to inoculate seeds ifTriticum aestivum (wheat) and Helianthus annuus (sunflower). Both inoculated and non-inoculated seeds were germinated and grown under different concentrations (0, 1, 2 and 3 mM) of CdCl2 for 10 days. Under Cd-stress conditions, bacteria-inoculated plants had better germination and growth than non-inoculated treatments. Bacterial growth enhancement if seedlings was associated with reduced Cd uptake.