Mitigation of water stress in maize (Zea mays L.) after arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and growth promoting rhizobacteria inoculation

• Grant number: 19/13436-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: December 01, 2019
• End date: May 04, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Soil Science
• Principal Investigator: Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso
• Grantee: Antonio Marcos Miranda Silva
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/18944-3 - Climatic changes and energetic efficiency in agriculture: focusing on hydric stress, organic management and soil biology, AP.PFPMCG.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 20/12751-4 - Efficiency of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobacteria to mitigate drought stress and enhance phosphorus acquisition by Zea mays L., BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Water is essential for the microbial metabolism in the terrestrial ecosystem but recent global events have caused irregularities in its distribution. Long dry periods have increased losses in maize productivity, especially when the water deficit coincides with critical stages of the plant's development. Thus, one of the scientific challenges is to find biotechnological strategies that minimize water stress in maize and thereby meet the food and energy demand. We will use Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) and drought-tolerant rhizobacteria inoculation, isolated from an environment with high water restriction (Caatinga Biome), in the maize culture. AMF and rhizobacteria will be isolated from the rhizospheric soil samples of Tripogon spicatus (Nees) plants, known as "resurrection plants", due to their extraordinary rehydration capacity. AMF spore propagation will be with trap cultures under different water regimes in the substrate, corresponding to 80%, 50% and 30% of the field capacity, using maize plants as bait. After isolation of AMF and rhizobacteria isolates, we will set up a greenhouse experiment using, in consortium or not, AMF and rhizobacteria. We will evaluate vegetative and physiological attributes of plants and soil, such as dry matter, nutrient contents, enzymatic activity in soil and plant, soil glomalin content, besides community structure of mycorrhizal fungi and soil bacteria. We will integrate all the data obtained in multivariate models in order to obtain the feedback of the soil-plant-micro-organisms sets. We hope to fill the gap of knowledge existent regarding AMF inoculation, alone or in conjunction with drought tolerant rhizobacteria on maize crop for the mitigation of soil water stress. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DURRER, ADEMIR; GUMIERE, THIAGO; ZAGATTO, MAURICIO RUMENOS GUIDETTI; FEILER, HENRIQUE PETRY; SILVA, ANTONIO MARCOS MIRANDA; LONGARESI, RODRIGO HENRIQUES; HOMMA, SERGIO K.; CARDOSO, ELKE J. B. N.. Organic farming practices change the soil bacteria community, improving soil quality and maize crop yields. PeerJ, v. 9, SEP 23 2021. (17/18994-3, 19/13436-8, 16/18944-3)

SILVA, ANTONIO MARCOS MIRANDA; FEILER, HENRIQUE PETRY; QI, XUE; DE ARAUJO, VICTOR LUCAS VIEIRA PRUDENCIO; LACERDA-JR, GILENO VIEIRA; FERNANDES-JR, PAULO IVAN; CARDOSO, ELKE JURANDY BRAN NOGUEIRA. Impact of Water Shortage on Soil and Plant Attributes in the Presence of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi from a Harsh Environment. MICROORGANISMS, v. 11, n. 5, p. 15-pg., 2023-04-28. (19/13436-8, 16/18944-3)

ARAUJO, VICTOR LUCAS VIEIRA PRUDENCIO; FRACETTO, GISELLE GOMES MONTEIRO; SILVA, ANTONIO MARCOS MIRANDA; PEREIRA, ARTHUR PRUDENCIO DE ARAUJO; FREITAS, CAIO CESAR GOMES; BARROS, FELIPE MARTINS DO REGO; SANTANA, MAIELE CINTRA; FEILER, HENRIQUE PETRY; MATTEOLI, FILIPE PEREIRA; FRACETTO, FELIPE JOSE CURY; et al. Potential of growth-promoting bacteria in maize (Zea mays L.) varies according to soil moisture. MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH, v. 271, p. 11-pg., 2023-03-10. (16/18944-3, 19/27682-0, 18/20553-8, 19/13436-8)

SILVA, ANTONIO M. M.; JONES, DAVEY L.; CHADWICK, DAVE R.; QI, XUE; COTTA, SIMONE R.; ARAUJO, VICTOR L. V. P.; MATTEOLI, FILIPE P.; LACERDA-JUNIOR, GILENO, V; PEREIRA, ARTHUR P. A.; FERNANDES-JUNIOR, PAULO I.; et al. Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobacteria facilitate 33P uptake in maize plants under water stress?. MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH, v. 271, p. 12-pg., 2023-03-11. (20/12751-4, 16/18944-3, 17/24785-8, 19/13436-8, 19/27682-0)

ANTONIO MARCOS MIRANDA SILVA; MARIA LUCRÉCIA GEROSA RAMOS; ROBERVONE SEVERINA DE MELO PEREIRA DO NASCIMENTO; HENRIQUE PETRY FEILER; STEFANY BRAZ SILVA; ELKE JURANDY BRAN NOGUEIRA CARDOSO. Distribution of available nitrogen forms in soil under Quilombola management systems in Brazilian Cerrado phytophysiognomies. Scientia Agricola, v. 81, 2023-12-11. (19/13436-8, 16/18944-3)

ANTONIO M. M. SILVA; LUCAS S. PIMENTA; XUE QI; ELKE J. B. N. CARDOSO. Ganhos econômicos usando fonte orgânica de P e inoculação com bactérias solubilizadoras de P em cana-de-açúcar. Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, v. 27, n. 2, p. 101-107, 2022-10-24. (19/13436-8, 16/18944-3)

SILVA, ANTONIO MARCOS MIRANDA; FEILER, HENRIQUE PETRY; LACERDA-JUNIOR, GILENO VIEIRA; FERNANDES-JUNIOR, PAULO IVAN; AIDAR, SAULO DE TARSO; DE ARAUJO, VICTOR ARAUJO VIEIRA PRUDENCIO; MATTEOLI, FILIPE PEREIRA; PEREIRA, ARTHUR PRUDENCIO DE ARAUJO; DE MELO, ITAMAR SOARES; CARDOSO, ELKE JURANDY BRAN NOGUEIRA. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with the rhizosphere of an endemic terrestrial bromeliad and a grass in the Brazilian neotropical dry forest. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, v. N/A, p. 13-pg., 2023-07-06. (19/13436-8, 19/27682-0, 16/18944-3, 17/24785-8)

LOPES, BRUNA ANDREIA DE BACCO; SILVA, ANTONIO MARCOS MIRANDA; SANTANA, MAIELE CINTRA; FEILER, HENRIQUE PETRY; PEREIRA, ARTHUR PRUDENCIO DE ARAUJO; TEIXEIRA, MARCOS FERREIRA; DE ARAUJO, VICTOR LUCAS VIEIRA PRUDENCIO; DE AVILA, PATRICIA ANDRESSA; GONCALVES, JOSE LEONARDO DE MORAES; STAUNTON, SIOBHAN; et al. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Soil Quality Indicators in Eucalyptus genotypes With Different Drought Tolerance Levels. FRONTIERS IN FUNGAL BIOLOGY, v. 3, p. 13-pg., 2022-06-20. (16/18944-3, 18/12665-0, 18/20553-8, 17/16608-9, 18/20607-0, 19/13436-8)

RODRIGUES, YASMIN FLORENTINO; ANDREOTE, FERNANDO DINI; SILVA, ANTONIO MARCOS MIRANDA; DIAS, ARMANDO CAVALCANTE FRANCO; TAKETANI, RODRIGO GOUVEA; COTTA, SIMONE RAPOSO. Disentangling the role of soil bacterial diversity in phosphorus transformation in the maize rhizosphere. APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY, v. 182, p. 11-pg., 2023-02-01. (18/24049-2, 19/13436-8)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SILVA, Antonio Marcos Miranda. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobacteria attenuating drought stress in maize plants. 2023. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) Piracicaba.