Halophilic rhizobacteria promote growth, physiology and salinity tolerance in Sesamum indicum L. grown under salt stress
The study demonstrates that inoculation with salt-tolerant <i>B. flexus</i> can effectively improve sesame plant growth and enhance tolerance to salt stress. These findings suggest that halo-tolerant PGPR strains like <i>B. flexus</i> could serve as promising biofertilizers to improve crop productivity in salt-affected agricultural soils.
Authors
- R. Z. Sayyed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1553-1213)
- D Sridhar
- S. Nithyapriya
- Jayanthi Barasarathi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1038-5998)
- Lalitha Sundaram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5658-0652)
- Hesham Ali El Enshasy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9712-2033)
- Sajad Hussain Mir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-3989)
- Saleh S Alheswairini
Institutions
- Joshibi University of Art and Design (JP)
- INTI International University (MY)
- Anhui Agricultural University (CN)
- Periyar University (IN)
- Qassim University (SA)
- University of Nizwa (OM)
- University of Technology Malaysia (MY)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1590854
- Citations
- 14
- Primary Topic
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 24.50
Funders
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- Qassim University
- Periyar University