Claim · model-written summary
Lettuce inoculated with Variovorax spp. strains had 59.9% higher dry weight than non-inoculated plants under drought.
- Taxon
- Lactuca sativa
Lactuca sativae0 - Treatment
- inoculated with Bacillus spp. and Variovorax spp. strainse1
- Interactor
- Variovorax spp.Variovoraxe1symbiont
- Outcome
- dry weighte1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 59.9%e1
- Qualifier
- under drought conditionse1
- Comparator
- non-inoculated plantse1
Verbatim
e0“selected indigenous bacterial strains isolated from the rhizosphere of Lactuca sativa”
e1“Lettuce plants inoculated with Bacillus spp. and Variovorax spp. strains exhibited a significant increase in dry weight, by 63.9% and 59.9%, respectively, under drought conditions compared to non-inoculated plants”
Title
Małgorzata Woźniak; Sylwia Siebielec; Artur Nowak; et al. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition 2026. doi:10.1007/s42729-026-03299-1
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation The lettuce rhizosphere bacterial strains were metabolically diverse.
- Observation All strains solubilize phosphate, fix nitrogen and synthesize IAA-like compounds.
- Observation Most strains were active producers of siderophores and ACC deaminase.
- Observation Three of 15 strains were strong biofilm producers.
- Observation All strains were extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) producers.
- Intervention effect Decreasing irrigation significantly reduced total lettuce biomass by 36.2% compared with well-watered control.
- Intervention effect Lettuce inoculated with Bacillus spp. strains had 63.9% higher dry weight than non-inoculated plants under drought.
- Intervention effect Soils inoculated with Bacillus spp. and Variovorax spp. strains showed higher dehydrogenase and phosphatase activities than the non-inoculated control, not statistically significant.
- Intervention effect Newly identified strains enhanced development of butterhead lettuce under both optimal and reduced water availability.