Effect of rhizosphere microorganisms on the adaptation of regenerated plants of apple clonal rootstocks to ex vitro conditions

¹ Federal Horticultural Research Center for Breeding, Agrotechnology and Nursery, 4 str. Zagorievskaja, Moscow, 115598, Russia
² G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 5 prosp. Nauki, Pushchino, 142290, Russia

^* Corresponding author: vstisp.agrochem@yandex.ru

Abstract

In a vegetation experiment, the effect of bacterial preparations Extrasol, Fitosporin-M based on bacterial strains Bacillus subtilis and bacteria strains of the genus Pseudomonas – P. chlororaphis OV17, P. protegens 38a, P. putida О9-10 on the number of rhizosphere microorganisms, growth and development of regenerant plants of apple clone rootstocks in ex vitro conditions was studied. After 90 days of growing plants, the greatest number was found in the P. protegens 38a strain – 0.56 million CFU/g roots. Artificial inoculation of the roots of regenerant plants contributed to a significant increase in the total number of native microorganisms as compared to the control. The most diverse bacterial population in terms of cultural and morphological characteristics was revealed in the variant with the treatment of plants with the P. putida O9-10 strain. The introduced bacterial strains contributed to an increase in the adaptive capacity and had a phytostimulating effect on the development of plants. The plant survival rate in the process of adaptation to ex vitro conditions is most influenced by the P. putida 09-10 strain compared to the control. The bacterial preparation Fitosporin-M contributes to the improvement of biometric parameters of plant growth.