Claim · model-written summary
The EPS-mediated water retention and osmotic pressure enhanced wheat biomass in drought-stressed growth environments.
- Taxon
- Wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Interactor
- PGPRe0symbiont
- Compound
- EPSe0
- Outcome
- plant biomasse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Qualifier
- drought-stressed growth environmentse0
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Verbatim
e0“The increased EPS content increased the PGPR water-holding capacity (WHC) and osmotic pressure of the biofilm matrix, which led to enhanced plant biomass in drought-stressed growth environments.”
t0“Wheat Biomass”
Title
Anastasiia Fetsiukh; Julian Conrad; Jonas Bergquist; et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021. doi:10.3390/ijms22126201
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Silica particles triggered PGPR production of exopolysaccharides containing D-glucuronate.
- Association Greater EPS content increased PGPR water-holding capacity.
- Association Greater EPS content increased biofilm-matrix osmotic pressure.
- Intervention effect Silica particles changed bacterial morphology.