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Penicillium oxalicum Isolated from Zea maysRhizosphere as a Promising Plant Growth Promotor via Multiple Mechanisms.

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Biology and pharmaceutical sciences.

Abstract

The use of synthetic fertilizers in agricultural production has harmful impacts on the ecosystems. Therefore, there is an emergent demand for using natural and sustainable practices to save the environment. Some of the soil microflora are plant-growth-promoting fungi (PGPF) which promote plant growth and are considered potential biocontrol agents against phytopathogens. In the present investigation, more than 300 fungal species were isolated from the rhizosphere and rhizoplane of Zea mays and Vicia faba from AlRaswa Ferry of Port Said governorate and characterized for their potential as an Arabidopsis thaliana plant growth promotor. Four species, Penicillium oxalicum, Fusarium oxysporum, Aspergillus niger, and Paecilomyces lilacinus revealed to have the highest capacity to enhance A. thaliana growth. The most observed effects on A. thaliana are a significant improvement in root length development and the number of leaves due to multiple mechanisms, e.g., the fungal phytohormone IAA production, volatile and siderophore production, and phosphate solubilization. Fungal volatiles of Penicillium oxalicum increased the shoot length of seedlings by 11.8%, the root length by 250%, the number of leaves by 60%, and the indole acetic acid production by 110% compared to the controls. Our results introduce Penicillium oxalicum as a natural biological plant growth inducer whether individually applied or mixed with the other identified fungal species which may act as a practicable substitute for harmful chemicals in the agricultural industry.

DOI

10.21608/ajbas.2023.216850.1159

Keywords

Penicillium oxalicum, plant growth promotors, Siderophore, Volatiles, inducer

Authors

First Name

Mona

Last Name

El Bous

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, 42524, Egypt

Email

monaelbous@yahoo.com

City

Port Said

Orcid

0000-0002-6004-4211

First Name

shrouk

Last Name

ebrahim

MiddleName

elgarihi

Affiliation

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, 42524, Egypt

Email

shroukhassan269@yahoo.com

City

port said

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohsen

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

El-Sayed

Affiliation

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, 42524, Egypt

Email

mohsenhbrahim@yahoo.com

City

port said

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Abdelaziz

MiddleName

EM

Affiliation

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, 42524, Egypt

Email

ahmed.abdelaziz2@ucalgary.ca

City

port said

Orcid

-

First Name

Moataz

Last Name

TawfiK

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, 42524, Egypt

Email

motazbellah36@gmail.com

City

port said

Orcid

-

First Name

Metwally

Last Name

Kotab

MiddleName

Ramadan

Affiliation

Botany Department, Faculty Of Science, Suez canal university

Email

metwally@daad-alumni.de

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-

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-

Volume

4

Article Issue

4

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43711

Issue Date

2023-10-01

Receive Date

2023-06-11

Publish Date

2023-10-01

Page Start

564

Page End

584

Online ISSN

2682-275X

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https://ajbas.journals.ekb.eg/article_311825.html

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311,825

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Original Article

Type Code

947

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Alfarama Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences

Publication Link

https://ajbas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Penicillium oxalicum Isolated from Zea maysRhizosphere as a Promising Plant Growth Promotor via Multiple Mechanisms.

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Created At

24 Dec 2024