Abiotic stress is one of the major limiting factors for plant development and productivity, which makes it important to identify microorganisms capable of increasing plant tolerance to stress. Dark septate endophytes can be symbionts of plants. In the present study, we evaluated the ability of dark septate endophytes isolates to reduce the effects of water stress in the rice varieties Nipponbare and Piauí. The experiments were performed under gnotobiotic conditions, and the water stress was induced with PEG. Four dark septate endophytes were isolated from the roots of wild rice (Oryza glumaepatula) collected from the Brazilian Amazon. Plant height as well as shoot and root fresh and dry matter were measured. Leaf protein concentrations and antioxidant enzyme activity were also estimated. The dark septate endophytes were grown in vitro in Petri dishes containing culture medium; they exhibited different levels of tolerance to salinity and water stress. The two rice varieties tested responded differently to inoculation with dark septate endophytes. Endophytes promoted rice plant growth both in the presence and in the absence of a water deficit. Decreased oxidative stress in plants in response to inoculation was observed in nearly all inoculated treatments, as indicated by the decrease in antioxidant enzyme activity. Dark septate endophytes fungi were shown to increase the tolerance of rice plants to stress caused by water deficiency.

resumo a cana-de-açúcar é uma cultura de grande destaque na economia, em razão da produção de açúcar, etanol e energia. tecnologias que possam contribuir para o aumento da produtividade e qualidade da cultura com mínimos danos ao meio ambiente são necessárias. objetivou-se avaliar a produção de ácido indol acético de cinco estirpes de bactérias diazotróficas e o efeito da inoculação delas na brotação de duas variedades de cana-de-açúcar, rB867515 e iacsP95-5000. a produção de auxina foi determinada pelo teste colorimétrico, usando o reagente de salkowski. Para avaliar a germinação, foi conduzido um experimento em casa de vegetação, utilizando-se delineamento experimental em blocos ao acaso com quatro repetições e sete tratamentos: controle não inoculado; inoculação mista com as cinco estirpes e inoculação individual com Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus

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