Abstract
The development of sustainable microbial inoculants for crop production requires strains with demonstrated plant growth-promoting performance and well-characterized functional potential. This study evaluated the effect of Priestia sp. RMT2NF4, isolated from the rice rhizosphere, on sweet corn (Zea mays L.) seed physiological quality and early seedling vigor, supported by whole-genome sequencing analysis. Seed treatment effects were evaluated using a between-paper germination assay under controlled conditions at 25 °C for 7 days. Seed treatment with RMT2NF4 significantly increased germination percentage, germination index, and seedling growth rate by 13.26%, 21.30%, and 23.71%, respectively (p < 0.05). Inoculated seedlings also exhibited significantly greater shoot length, while root length and abnormal seedling proportion showed numerical but non-significant improvements. Genomic analysis identified genes putatively associated with tryptophan biosynthesis, nutrient acquisition, and stress adaptation. The integration of phenotypic validation and genome-informed functional profiling highlights the potential of RMT2NF4 and provides a basis for further evaluation of RMT2NF4 as a candidate plant growth-promoting bacterium to support sustainable sweet corn production and reduce reliance on chemical inputs.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
RMT2NF4 seed treatment increased sweet corn germination percentage by 13.26%.
- Taxon
- sweet cornt0
- Treatment
- Seed treatment with RMT2NF4e0
- Interactor
- RMT2NF4e0symbiont
- Outcome
- germination percentagee0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 13.26%e0
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Verbatim
e0“Seed treatment with RMT2NF4 significantly increased germination percentage, germination index, and seedling growth rate by 13.26%, 21.30%, and 23.71%, respectively (p < 0.05).”
t0“Sweet Corn”
Claim · model-written summary
RMT2NF4 seed treatment increased sweet corn germination index by 21.30%.
- Taxon
- sweet cornt0
- Treatment
- Seed treatment with RMT2NF4e0
- Interactor
- RMT2NF4e0symbiont
- Outcome
- germination indexe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 21.30%e0
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Verbatim
e0“Seed treatment with RMT2NF4 significantly increased germination percentage, germination index, and seedling growth rate by 13.26%, 21.30%, and 23.71%, respectively (p < 0.05).”
t0“Sweet Corn”
Claim · model-written summary
RMT2NF4 seed treatment increased sweet corn seedling growth rate by 23.71%.
- Taxon
- sweet cornt0
- Treatment
- Seed treatment with RMT2NF4e0
- Interactor
- RMT2NF4e0symbiont
- Outcome
- seedling growth ratee0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 23.71%e0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Seed treatment with RMT2NF4 significantly increased germination percentage, germination index, and seedling growth rate by 13.26%, 21.30%, and 23.71%, respectively (p < 0.05).”
t0“Sweet Corn”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculated sweet corn seedlings had greater shoot length.
- Taxon
- sweet cornt0
- Treatment
- Inoculatede0
- Interactor
- RMT2NF4t1symbiont
- Outcome
- shoot lengthe0
- Direction
- greatere0
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Verbatim
e0“Inoculated seedlings also exhibited significantly greater shoot length, while root length and abnormal seedling proportion showed numerical but non-significant improvements.”
t0“Sweet Corn”
t1“Priestia sp. RMT2NF4”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculated sweet corn seedlings showed a numerical but non-significant improvement in root length.
- Taxon
- sweet cornt0
- Treatment
- Inoculatede0
- Interactor
- RMT2NF4t1symbiont
- Outcome
- root lengthe0
- Direction
- improvementse0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Inoculated seedlings also exhibited significantly greater shoot length, while root length and abnormal seedling proportion showed numerical but non-significant improvements.”
t0“Sweet Corn”
t1“Priestia sp. RMT2NF4”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculated sweet corn seedlings showed a numerical but non-significant improvement in abnormal seedling proportion.
- Taxon
- sweet cornt0
- Treatment
- Inoculatede0
- Interactor
- RMT2NF4t1symbiont
- Outcome
- abnormal seedling proportione0
- Direction
- improvementse0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Inoculated seedlings also exhibited significantly greater shoot length, while root length and abnormal seedling proportion showed numerical but non-significant improvements.”
t0“Sweet Corn”
t1“Priestia sp. RMT2NF4”
Claim · model-written summary
The RMT2NF4 genome contains genes putatively associated with tryptophan biosynthesis, nutrient acquisition and stress adaptation.
- Taxon
- sweet cornt0
- Interactor
- RMT2NF4t1symbiont
- Outcome
- genes putatively associated with tryptophan biosynthesis, nutrient acquisition, and stress adaptatione0
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“Genomic analysis identified genes putatively associated with tryptophan biosynthesis, nutrient acquisition, and stress adaptation.”
t0“Sweet Corn”
t1“Priestia sp. RMT2NF4”
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