Salt stress is a worldwide environmental signal, reducing the growth and yield of crops. To improve crop tolerance to salt, several beneficial microbes are utilized. Here, nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azorhizobium caulinodans root endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica were used inoculate tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) under salt stress, effects co-inoculation investigated. Results showed that A. ...

From the past late blight is one of the most dreaded diseases of potato worldwide. In this study, microarray-based gene expression was analysed in a late blight resistant Indian potato cultivar Kufri Girdhari upon Phytophthora infestans infection. A comprehensive transcriptional analysis was performed using cDNA microarrays, containing 70,083 ESTs (expressed sequence tag libraries) from plant l...

In the present study, three chromium resistant bacterial strains (CrT-1, CrT-2, CrT-3) which could resist veryhigh concentration of K2CrO4 (up to 40 mg ml-1 on nutrient agar plates and 10 mg ml-1 in acetate-minimalmedium) were used to inoculate the sunflower seeds both as control and under chromium stress. Cr(VI)caused severe reduction in different growth parameters (seedling ...

Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) is one of the major crops in dry and saline areas across globe. During salinity stress, plants encounter significant changes their physio biochemical activities, leading to decreased growth yield. Bacillus species are used as biofertilizers biopesticides for pearl other promote The use soils has been beneficial combat negative effect on plant In this context...

A young female gymnast of regional squad potential had ceased to make progress when she resumed training after a series of injuries and was given stress inoculation training to help her to regain her form. Preliminary interviews revealed that she had developed a number of negative self-statements and images which, it was hypothesised, may have been contributing towards her lack of progress. In ...

The negative consequences of stress are well-recognized in mental health research. Exposure to early life stressors, for example, increases the risk for the development of mood, anger, anxiety, and substance abuse disorders. Interestingly, however, early life stressors have also been linked to the subsequent development of resilience. Variously described as inoculating, immunizing, steeling, to...

To examine the effects of water stress and Cenangium ferruginosum (CF) on the fungal endophytic community of needles of Pinus koraiensis (PK), fungal endophytes isolated from the needles of 5-year-old PK seedlings were compared before and after exposure to water stress conditions and artificial inoculation with CF ascospores. Artificial CF inoculation was successfully confirmed using PCR with C...

Stressful experiences during early life (ELS) can affect brain development, thereby exerting a profound and long-lasting influence on mental development and psychological health. The stress inoculation hypothesis presupposes that individuals who have early experienced an attenuated form of stressors may gain immunity to its more virulent forms later in life. Increasing evidence demonstrates tha...