Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is a widely cropped pulse and an important source of proteins for humans. In Mediterranean regions it is predicted that drought will reduce soil moisture and become a major issue in agricultural practice. Nitrogen (N)-fixing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi have the potential to improve plant growth and drought tolerance. The aim of the study was to assess the effects of N-fixing bacteria and AM fungi on the growth, grain yield and protein content of chickpea under water deficit. RESULTS: Plants inoculated with Mesorhizobium mediterraneum or Rhizophagus irregularis without water deficit and inoculated with M. mediterraneum under moderate water deficit had significant increases in biomass. Inoculation with microbial symbionts brought no benefits to chickpea under severe water deficit. However, under moderate water deficit grain crude protein was increased by 13%, 17% and 22% in plants inoculated with M. mediterraneum, R. irregularis and M. mediterraneum + R. irregularis, respectively. CONCLUSION: Inoculation with N-fixing bacteria and AM fungi has the potential to benefit agricultural production of chickpea under water deficit conditions and to contribute to increased grain protein content. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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Claim · model-written summary
Chickpea inoculated with Mesorhizobium mediterraneum or Rhizophagus irregularis had significantly increased biomass without water deficit, and with M. mediterraneum under moderate water deficit.
- Taxon
- Cicer arietinum L.
Cicer arietinume0 - Treatment
- inoculated with Mesorhizobium mediterraneum or Rhizophagus irregularise1
- Interactor
- Mesorhizobium mediterraneumMesorhizobium mediterraneume1symbiont
- Second interactor
- Rhizophagus irregularis
Rhizophagus irregularise1symbiont - Outcome
- biomasse1
- Direction
- increasese1
- Qualifier
- without water deficite1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is a widely cropped pulse and an important source of proteins for humans”
e1“Plants inoculated with Mesorhizobium mediterraneum or Rhizophagus irregularis without water deficit and inoculated with M. mediterraneum under moderate water deficit had significant increases in biomass”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation with microbial symbionts brought no benefit to chickpea under severe water deficit.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinume2
- Treatment
- Inoculation with microbial symbiontse2
- Interactor
- microbial symbiontse2symbiont
- Outcome
- benefitse2
- Direction
- no benefitse2
- Qualifier
- under severe water deficite2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is a widely cropped pulse and an important source of proteins for humans”
e2“Inoculation with microbial symbionts brought no benefits to chickpea under severe water deficit”
Claim · model-written summary
Under moderate water deficit, grain crude protein was increased by 13% in plants inoculated with M. mediterraneum.
- Taxon
- Cicer arietinum L.Cicer arietinume0
- Treatment
- inoculated with M. mediterraneume3
- Interactor
- M. mediterraneumMesorhizobium mediterraneume3symbiont
- Outcome
- grain crude proteine3
- Direction
- increasede3
- Value
- 13%e3
- Qualifier
- under moderate water deficite3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is a widely cropped pulse and an important source of proteins for humans”
e3“under moderate water deficit grain crude protein was increased by 13%, 17% and 22% in plants inoculated with M. mediterraneum, R. irregularis and M. mediterraneum + R. irregularis, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Under moderate water deficit, grain crude protein was increased by 17% in plants inoculated with R. irregularis.
- Taxon
- Cicer arietinum L.Cicer arietinume0
- Treatment
- R. irregularise3
- Interactor
- R. irregularisRhizophagus irregularise3symbiont
- Outcome
- grain crude proteine3
- Direction
- increasede3
- Value
- 17%e3
- Qualifier
- under moderate water deficite3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is a widely cropped pulse and an important source of proteins for humans”
e3“under moderate water deficit grain crude protein was increased by 13%, 17% and 22% in plants inoculated with M. mediterraneum, R. irregularis and M. mediterraneum + R. irregularis, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Under moderate water deficit, grain crude protein was increased by 22% in plants inoculated with M. mediterraneum + R. irregularis.
- Taxon
- Cicer arietinum L.Cicer arietinume0
- Treatment
- M. mediterraneum + R. irregularise3
- Interactor
- M. mediterraneumMesorhizobium mediterraneume3symbiont
- Second interactor
- R. irregularisRhizophagus irregularise3symbiont
- Outcome
- grain crude proteine3
- Direction
- increasede3
- Value
- 22%e3
- Qualifier
- under moderate water deficite3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is a widely cropped pulse and an important source of proteins for humans”
e3“under moderate water deficit grain crude protein was increased by 13%, 17% and 22% in plants inoculated with M. mediterraneum, R. irregularis and M. mediterraneum + R. irregularis, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation with N-fixing bacteria and AM fungi has the potential to benefit chickpea production under water deficit.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinume4
- Treatment
- Inoculation with N-fixing bacteria and AM fungie4
- Interactor
- N-fixing bacteriae4symbiont
- Second interactor
- AM fungiGlomeromycotae4symbiont
- Outcome
- agricultural production of chickpeae4
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Verbatim
e4“Inoculation with N-fixing bacteria and AM fungi has the potential to benefit agricultural production of chickpea under water deficit conditions”
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