Cell free extract of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens LAA 40 role in seed germination and early transcript changes with salt stress in tomato seedlings

The use of plant growth promotion microbial extracts containing various metabolites is a promising technique to improve crop growth and combat various stress conditions. Very little is known about the effect of bacterial cell-free extracts on plant growth promotion and salt stress mitigation. The project aims to: (i) Optimization of growth media and parameters to maximize metabolite production in cell free extract of B. amyloliquefaciens strain LAA40. (ii) Evaluate the best mode of application cell free extract of B. amyloliquefaciens strain LAA40 to mitigate salt stress in tomato seedlings. (iii) Determine changes in transcriptomic profile in seedlings under salt stress treated with cell free extract of B. amyloliquefaciens strain LAA40 by analyzing the RNASeq data.

Faculty Supervisor:

Lord Abbey

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Partner:

Karyotica Analytics

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

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