Use of DNA marker to select well-adapted Phaseolus-symbionts strains under acid conditions and high temperature.
Soil acidity and high temperature contribute to the failure of nodulation in the common bean. It is therefore urgent to select strains with a high competitive ability under these stress conditions. Two Egyptian Rhizobium etli strains, EBRI 2 and EBRI 26, were examined against Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899G labeled with the gus (beta-glucuronidase) reporter gene. EBRI 2 and EBRI 26 were less competitive than CIAT 899G under acid conditions with both the Egyptian cultivar Giza 3 and the Colombian cultivar Rab 39. However, EBRI 2 and EBRI 26 gave higher nodule occupancy (78% and 62.5, respectively) than the nodule occupancy (18.5% and 35%) obtained by CIAT 899G at 35 degrees C with cultivar Giza 3. Soil acidity (pH 5.8) was less detrimental to the nodule occupancy of EBRI 2 than EBRI 26 when they tested in competition with CIAT 899G.
Shamseldin
Abdelaal
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Environmental Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technological Applications, New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria, Egypt. yabdelall@yahoo.com
D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D027805:Phaseolus / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D012987:Soil; D013045:Species Specificity; D013696:Temperature
D018744:DNA, Plant; D005819:Genetic Markers; D012987:Soil