Growth promotion of Lactuca sativa in response to volatile organic compounds emitted from diverse bacterial species

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• 作者：Paola Fincheira^a ; ^b ; Herbert Venthur^a ; Ana Mutis^a ; Maribel Parada^c ; André ; s Quiroz^a ; ^{andres.quiroz@ufrontera.cl" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Lactuca sativa ; Soil bacteria ; Volatile organic compounds ; 3-Hydroxy-2-butanone
• 刊名：Microbiological Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：193
• 期：Complete
• 页码：39-47
• 全文大小：1542 K

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Agrochemicals are currently used in horticulture to increase crop production. Nevertheless, their indiscriminate use is a relevant issue for environmental and legal aspects. Alternative tools for reducing fertilizers and synthetic phytohormones are being investigated, such as the use of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as growth inducers. Some soil bacteria, such as Pseudomonas and Bacillus, stimulate Arabidopsis and tobacco growth by releasing VOCs, but their effects on vegetables have not been investigated. Lactuca sativa was used as model vegetable to investigate bacterial VOCs as growth inducers. We selected 10 bacteria strains, belonging to Bacillus, Staphylococcus and Serratia genera that are able to produce 3-hydroxy-2-butanone (acetoin), a compound with proven growth promoting activity. Two-day old-seedlings of L. sativa were exposed to VOCs emitted by the selected bacteria grown in different media cultures for 7 days. The results showed that the VOCs released from the bacteria elicited an increase in the number of lateral roots, dry weight, root growth and shoot length, depending on the media used. Three Bacillus strains, BCT53, BCT9 and BCT4, were selected according to its their growth inducing capacity. The BCT9 strain elicited the greatest increases in dry weight and primary root length when L. sativa seedlings were subjected to a 10-day experiment. Finally, because acetoin only stimulated root growth, we suggest that other volatiles could be responsible for the growth promotion of L. sativa. In conclusion, our results strongly suggest that bacteria volatiles can be used as growth-inducers as alternative or complementary strategies for application in horticulture species.