Original title: Potential of Lactic Acid Bacteria as Plant-Growth-Promoting Bioinoculant Candidates with In Vitro Antifungal Activity: Insights from Brassica napus as a Model System
The researchers tested 32 lactic acid bacteria on four fungi that can harm plants and checked traits that may help plants grow. Some bacteria inhibited several fungi, while others showed useful traits such as making nutrients easier for plants to access. The team also tested the bacteria on canola plants and checked several safety traits. No single strain did best at every dose, so each strain may need its own dose choice.
Imagine tending a garden with different helpers who can loosen soil, feed plants, or keep pests away. One helper may do several jobs, but adding more of it does not always improve the result. In this paper, the helpers are different bacteria, their garden jobs are plant-supporting and fungus-inhibiting traits, and the amount used must be matched to each kind.
Farmers need ways to support crops while reducing disease pressure. These tests suggest some lactic acid bacteria could both promote plant growth and inhibit plant pathogens, but the right amount may differ by bacterial strain.
The abstract reports tests on 32 strains, four plant pathogens, and Brassica napus, but does not establish how the candidates perform across other crops or under field conditions. It also notes that no strain was best at every inoculum density, so strain-specific dose optimization is needed. The detected biosynthesis markers are described as putative.
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Potential of Lactic Acid Bacteria as Plant-Growth-Promoting Bioinoculant Candidates with In Vitro Antifungal Activity: Insights from Brassica napus as a Model System — Haïtam Lahmamsi, Samir Ananou, Zineb Ben Khadda et al. — Microorganisms — doi:10.3390/microorganisms14102282
Abstract licence: CC BY
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