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Legume Research, volume 47 issue 6 (june 2024) : 937-944

​Influence of Native Endophytes on Early Stages Growth of Vigna radiata (Moong) under Salt Stress Condition

Satavisha Mullick1, Ramesh Kumar Kushwaha1,*
1School of Biochemistry, REVA University, Rukmini Knowledge Park, Kattigenahalli, Yelahanka, Bangalore-560 064, Karnataka, India.
  • Submitted15-03-2021|

  • Accepted24-06-2021|

  • First Online 31-07-2021|

  • doi 10.18805/LR-4609

Cite article:- Mullick Satavisha, Kushwaha Kumar Ramesh (2024). ​Influence of Native Endophytes onEarly Stages Growth of Vignaradiata(Moong)under Salt Stress Condition . Legume Research. 47(6): 937-944. doi: 10.18805/LR-4609.
Background: Green gram (Vigna radiata) also known as moong bean is an annually cultivated in East Asia, Southeast Asia and Indian subcontinent. V. radiata is very important source for the protein as in our regular diet and it proved essential amino acid such as phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, lysine, arginine, methionine, threonine and tryptophan.

Methods: Here, we studied the influence of seed endophytes on germination and development under salinity stress condition. Seeds were treated with sodium hypochlorite for 30 min under shaking condition at 100 rpm for surface sterilization and treated with 70% ethanol for 2 min and followed five times rinse with autoclaved water. Surface sterilised seeds were homogenised in autoclaved water with the help of mortal-pestle. Homogenised seed solution made serial dilution and spreaded over nutrient agar for endophytic bacterial growth. Seeds were treated with bacteriocide and fungicide to make endophytes free, followed by sown for germination at 0mM, 50mM, 100mM and 150mM NaCl concentration. 

Result: Endophyte free seedlings were more susceptible against salt stress over normal seedlings. Therefore endophyte free seedling shoot and root biomass was 23.5% and 65.7% lower than control seedling biomass at 0mM salt respectively, while root length was 70% lower than control seedling root at 0mM salt concentration. Proline content in shoot and root observed an increase with increase of salt concentration. At 0mM salt, proline content was 0.00782±0.00043 and 0.00648±0.00017 (µmol/mg) in root of normal and endophyte free seedling respectively, while in shoot, it was non-significant difference. Glycine betaine content found to be increasing upto 100mM, followed by decreasing at 150mM in both root and shoot tissue. Glycine betaine content in endophyte free and control seedling shoot was 74.2±2.5 and 96.0±2.73 (µg/200mg) respectively at 100mM salt concentration. This result suggests, not only heritable genomic DNA but also endophytes associated with seed are very much important for the seedling growth and development which is also finally helps to combat abiotic stress situation. 
Vigna radiata also called Green gram or moong bean or mash, which is annually cultivated in East Asia, Southeast Asia and Indian subcontinent. It belongs to the legume family and seed is rich source of protein, vitamin B complex, calcium and potassium (Oghbaei and Prakash, 2017). Root associated with rhizobium for the nitrogen fixation, phosphate solublisation, siderophore formation, phytohormone production and help in biotic and abiotic stress in leguminous plants. (Gopalakrishnan et al., 2015). Apart from rhizobium, others endophytic fungi and bacteria are associated with Vigna radiata have been isolated from non- rhizobial root tissue (Pandya et al., 2015). Non-rhizobial endophytes were also bearing similar character as of rhizobium like, phytohormone secretion, nutrient solubilisation, antipathogenic activity etc, to induce the plant growth of V. radiata (Bhutani et al., 2018). Endophytic microbes (fungi or bacteria) are very important for medicinal and non-medicinal plant, have been reported from most of plant species. The role of endophytes are not limited to help in growth of host, but also known to induce the secondary metabolites within host (Kushwaha et al., 2019). Plant carry their heritable character in genomic DNA from one generation next generation but the influence of seed associated endophytes on seedling growth cannot be avoided (Shahzad et al., 2018).
       
Salinity is one of the major threats in crop to decrease in the shoot length, root length and weight of the plants which enormously impacted leading to decrease in crop production (Machado and Serralheiro, 2017).  High salt concentration influenced on biochemicaland physiologicaltrait of plant such as ion homeostasis, uptake, osmolyte  synthesis, antioxidant enzyme activation, synthesis of antioxidant compounds and  polyamines, nitric oxide and hormone modulation (Sharma et al., 2019). The main protective osmolytes are proline, glycine betaine, polyols and sugar, while their accumulation in varying amounts amongst different plant species (Gupta and Huang 2014). Water soluble proline rise intracellular concentration in response to salinity stress and also serves as reserve of nitrogen source during stress recovery (Hayat et al., 2012). The importance of proline and glycine betaine in Nicotiana tabacum has been reported to increase the activity of antioxidant enzymes to decrease the reactive oxygen species for defence response (Hoque et al., 2008). Glycine betaine is an amphoteric quaternary ammonium compound, highly soluble in water and raises their concentration during salt stress condition. Glycine betaine act as osmotic protectant, protect enzymes/proteins, reduce reactive oxygen and protects the photosynthetic system during osmotic or salt stress (Giri, 2011). Both proline and glycine betaine are important osmolyte to protect Oryza sativa seedling during salt stress (Hasanuzzaman et al., 2014).
       
The influence of seed endophytes on seed germination under saline condition has not yet been explored in Vigna radiata. In concern with innate endophytes associated with moong seed and their influence on seedling development and growth under salt condition studied in vitro condition.
Fungicide and bacteriocide treatment to seed
 
Local variety moong - Pusa Baisakhi seeds were purchased from Kattigenahalli market, Bangalore, India. 10 gram seeds were inoculated in autoclaved 100 ml conical flask containing 20 ml distilled water and supplemented with antibiotics streptomycin (0.2mg/ml), tetracycline (0.2mg/ml) and fungicide mancozeb 75 WP (1mg/ml) for overnight at room temperature under shaking condition. Mancozeb was purchased in January, 2019 which was prohibited to be manufactured and sold from May, 2019 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in India. The study was carried out in REVA University, Bangalore from the month of February 2019 to April 2021. Initially, different concentration of the antibiotics streptomycin (2mg/ml, 1mg/ml, 0.5mg/ml, 0.1mg/ml, 0.01mg/ml) and tetracycline (2mg/ml, 1mg/ml, 0.5mg/ml, 0.1mg/ml, 0.01mg/ml) were used, while fungicide (1mg/ml) remained constant during all time.
 
Isolation of seed associated bacterial endophytes 
 
Seeds were treated with 20% sodium hypochlorite for 30 min under shaking condition at 100 rpm for surface sterilization and then washed with distilled water under aseptic condition (Kushwaha et al., 2019). Thereafter, seeds were treated with 70% ethanol for 2 min and followed five times rinse with autoclaved water. To check the surface sterilization, last wash water was spread on nutrient agar (NA) and potato dextrose agar (PDA) for bacterial and fungal growth respectively. Surface sterilized seeds were macerated in distilled water with help of autoclaved mortar and pestle under aseptic condition. 10-1 to 10-9 serial dilution made from macerated seed solution and 100µl from each dilution were spread on nutrient agar to isolate the seed associated endophytic fungi.  
Evaluation of endophyte free seedlings
 
Fungicide and bacteriocide treated seeds were five times washed with distilled water, followed by macerated in distilled water with help of sterilized mortar and pestle under laminar. 100µl of macerated seed solution were spread on nutrient agar and potato dextrose agar media to check bacterial growth and the fungal growth respectively. For bacterial growth, NA plates were kept at 37o C for overnight and to check fungal growth PDA plates were kept at 30oC for a week. 
 
Seed germination under salt stress
 
Bacteriocide and fungicide treated or untreated control seeds were kept on sterilized blotting sheet in petriplate. 10-12 seeds were placed in each plate in three replication. 10ml of salt solution added and was kept at ambient condition for seedling development. Different salt concentrations of sodium chloride (0mM, 50mM, 100mM, 150 mM) were prepared in distilled water. Seeding growth was observed every day upto 10 days. After 10 days, samples were collected for the fresh biomass, height, proline and glycine betaine estimation in all treatments.
 
Proline estimation
 
Proline was estimated according to (Bates et al., 1973), approximately 500mg of plant material (root andshoot) was homogenized into 10 ml of 3% sulphosalicylic acid and filtered with Whatman filter paper #2. 2ml of filtrate was mixed with 2ml of acidic ninhydrin and 2ml glacial acetic acid in the test tube. Thereafter, reaction mixture was kept at 100oC in water bath for 1 hour and then reaction terminated in ice. In this reaction mixture 4ml toluene was added and was mixed vigorously for 15-20 seconds. Upper layer of toluene containing chromophore used to take the absorbance at 520 nm and toluene taken as blank.
 
Glycine betaine estimation
 
Glycine betaine was estimated according to Grieve and Grattan, 1983, approximately 500mg of shoot or root tissues was grinded in 5 ml distilled water and kept in shaking condition at 25oC for 24 hours. The extract was mixed with sulphuric acid and potassium tri-iodide and then kept on ice for 90 mins. The reaction was terminated by adding chilled 1,2-dichloro ethane and kept for phase separation at room temperature for 2 hours. After phase separation, lower organic layer was taken  for absorbance at 365nm. Glycine betaine content in root and shoot tissue was estimated with the help of standard glycine betaine.
 
Statistical analysis 
 
For each salt treatment, three biological and three technical replicates were considered for statistical analysis. The statistical significant differences between two samples were tested by unpaired Student’s t-test though online software (http://www.socscistatistics.com/tests/studentttest/Default2.aspx). Each treatment was followed with six biological replicates. Asterisks indicate a significant difference from the control (Student’s t-test; **P< 0.05, ***P<0.01). Cont, Control; EF, Endophyte free.
Influence of endophyte on plant biomass under salt stress
 
Endophytes are recognized as hidden world within plant and their importance for the host benefit are reported by numerous researchers. Endophytes help to plant through secretion of phytohormone hormone, phosphate solublization, nitrogen fixation, sidrophore production and also help during abiotic and biotic stresses (Khandel et al., 2017). The morphology of normal seedling observed better than the endophyte free seedling at each salt concentration (Fig 1). At 0mM control, the control seedling biomass and endophyte free seedling biomass was 331±7.11 and 253.6±8.02 mg/plant respectively (Fig 2). Plant biomass was decreasing with increasing salt concentration in both normal and endophyte free seedling. At 50mM, control and endophyte free seedling biomass was decreased by 11.6% and 14.3% respectively (Fig 2a,b). At 100mM, control seedling biomass was decreased by 23.2% while in case of endophyte free seedling decreased by 17.2% than their respective control (Fig 2a,b). However, at 100mM control seedling and endophyte free seedling biomass was decreased by 28 % and 31.2% respectively to their respective control (Fig 2a,b). In both seedling, salt treatment was influencing in similar fashion but normal seedling was having more biomass at each salt concentration than endophyte free seedling (Fig 2a,b). Previously, 22 endophytic bacteria were isolated from Vigna radiata roots and some of bacteria were retaining plant growth promoting activity (Bhutani et al., 2018). Among abiotic stress, salt stress is very common; alleviating salt concentration in soil day by day as well as saline affecting area increasing worldwide is a big problem (Shrivastava and Kumar, 2015). Therefore, the colonization endophyte Serendipita indica (formerly Piriformospora indica) with Arabidopsis helps to grow under salinity stress (Lanza et al., 2019). 
 

Fig 1: Image of control and endophyte free seedling growth under different salt stress condition after 5 days of incubation. CONT-Control, End. free- Endophyte free.


 

Fig 2: Effect of salt on fresh biomass.


       
Recently, 25 endophytic microbes were reported from the root of Vigna radiata and some of them showed growth promoting characteristic (Gujar et al., 2019). When other sources are compared for the endophytes, the seed is one heritable source which carried from one generation to the next (Shahzad et al., 2018). Previous study showed that through direct and indirect mechanism endophytes help in germination and promotion of plant growth (Walitang et al., 2019). In present study, biomass was decreasing with increasing salt concentration, but biomass decreasing rate observed higher in endophyte free seedling as compared to control. Of course, in control seedling endophyte was present and might be helping plant to resist in salt condition. Rather than the plant surfaces the internal tissues of plant provide a protective environment for the endophytes where temperature, osmotic pressure and UV radiation does not affect the surviving of the bacteria in such extreme environmental conditions (Thamiz Vendan and Balachandar, 2021). Seed endophyte bacterial community also depends on the genotype of plant and salt stress trigger the dominant of important class of bacteria to help under stress condition (Walitang et al., 2018).  
 
Influence of endophyte on shoot and root length under salt stress
 
Salt stress is negatively influenced on morphology, physiology, plant biomass and yield (Gupta et al., 2014). But the application of endophytic bacteria has been recognized for adaptation under salt stress condition (Vaishnav et al., 2019). Shoot and root length of control seedling was higher than endophyte free seedling at each salt treatment (Fig 3). Shoot length of control seedling and endophyte free was 5.5±0.5 and 1.6±0.15 (cm/plant) at 0mM salt concentration (Fig 3a,b). As the salt concentration was increasing, the shoot length was decreasing by 45.4, 78.8 and 89.6% at 50, 100 and 150mM respectively in control seedling (Fig 3a). In case of endophyte free seedling, shoot length was decreasing by 14.1, 42.7 and 71.3 % at 50, 100 and 150mM salt concentration respectively (Fig 3b). With increasing the salt concentration, shoot length decreasing rate was higher in control seedling plant than endophyte free seedling (Fig 3a,b).
 

Fig 3: Effect of salt on root and shoot length.


       
Root length was higher in control seedling as compared with endophyte free at every salt concentration. At 0mM, root length of control seedling and endophyte free seedling were 10.8±0.72 and 3.73±0.25 cm/plant respectively, i.e.  endophyte free seedling length was 65.7% less than control seedling (Fig 3b,c). In control seedling, root length was 24, 45.9 and 57.4% decreased at 50, 100 and 150mM respectively comparedwith their 0mM control (Fig 3c). However, root length of endophyte free seedling was decreased by 22.2, 33.8, 80.3% at 50, 100 and 150mM respectively than their control plant (Fig 3d). At 100mM, endophyte free seedling was not able to grow properly and their root length was very less than control seedling root length. In present finding, the control seedling was retaining higher root length, shoot length and plant biomass as compared with endophyte free seedling at 0mM and higher salt. Previously reported that, the application of bacterial endophyte Gordonia terrae KMP456-M40 has been enhanced the root length of mangrove seedlings and the biomass of salt-stressed rice under axenic conditions up to 65% and 62%, respectively (Soldan et al., 2019). The highest seedling length, dry weight and germination percentage was observed in the green grams inoculated with isolate KHDEB5 under salt stress varying upto a wide range of salt concentration (upto 500mM NaCl) (Das et al., 2020). From same leguminaceae family plant, four endophytes, Bacillus cereus NUU1, Achromobacter xylosoxidans NUU2, Bacillus thuringiensis NUU3 and Bacillus subtilis NUU4 were isolated from Cicer arietinum root, however only B. subtilis NUU4 significantly improved plant growth, symbiotic relation with rhizobia and yield under saline soil condition (Egamberdievaet_al2017).
 
Proline content in control and endophyte free seedling under salt stress
 
Proline is very important osmolyte to protect plant under abiotic stress condition and increasing content with increasing salt concentration upto certain extent (Kaur and Asthir, 2015). At 0mM salt concentration, the proline content in shoot was not significant difference between control and endophyte free seedlings (Fig 4a,b). Proline content in control seedling shoot at 50 and 100mM was increased by 69.2% and 115.4% respectively compared with 0mM salt treatment (Fig 4a). Proline content was not increasing with increasing salt, because at 150mM proline content in control seedling was increased by 54.7% as compared with 0mM salt (Fig 4a). In endophyte free seedling shoot, proline content was maximum at 50mM salt then followed by decreasing with increasing salt (Fig 4b). At 50, 100 and 150mM salt concentration, proline content was increased by 85.9, 35.1 and 29.6% as compared with 0mM salt of endophyte free seedling shoot (Fig 4b).   
       

Fig 4: Effect of salt on proline content in root and shoot tissue.


 
In saline soil condition (100mM), Cicer arietinum treated with Mesorhizobium  ciceri strain IC53 alone or along with endophyte B. subtilis NUU4, have been in increased the proline content in root by 11% and 29%  respectively (Egamberdieva et al., 2017). In this study, proline content was maximum at 100mM in control seedling shoot, while in case of endophyte free seedling, proline content was reached maximum early at 50mM. This result revealed that, endophyte free seedlings were not adaptive in salt condition as compared with control seedlings. 
       
Proline content in control and endophyte free seedling root was increasing with increasing salt concentration (Fig 4c, d). At 0mM salt concentration, proline content was 0.0078±0.00043 and 0.0064±0.00017 (µmol/mg) in control and endophyte free seedling root respectively (Fig 4c,d).In control seedling root, the proline content at 50, 100 and 150mM salt concentration was increased by 43.2, 114.6 and 166.7% than 0mM salt concentration (Fig 4c). However, in endophyte free seedling root, the proline content at 50, 100 and 150mM salt concentration was increased by 42.3, 88.8 and 149% than 0mM salt concentration (Fig 4d).Plant synthesized proline content in root and shoot tissue at low level for development and growth, albeit shoot synthesize more proline than root in normal condition (KaviKishor et al., 2015). During seed formation proline accumulated more in seed, however in salt stress condition induced more in root and shoot to tolerate salt stress (Mattioli et al., 2009).
 
Glycine betaine content in control and endophyte free seedling under salt stress
 
Glycine betaine (GB) is an amphoteric quaternary ammonium compound and is ubiquitously reported in microorganism, animal and from plant. GB is non-toxic, soluble in water and remainselectrical neutral at wide range of pH (Gupta et al., 2014). GB content in root and shoot tissue was increased upto 100mM, afterward decreased at 150mM salt concentration (Fig 5). Either in shoot or root, the GB content was higher in control seedling than endophyte free seedling plant (Fig 5). In control seedling, the GB was 91.5 and 198.4% higher in shoot at 50 and 100mM as compared with 0mM salt (Fig 5a). But at 150mM GB in shoot decreased and it was only 37.6% higher than 0mM salt concentration (Fig 5a). GB content in endophyte free seedling shoot was also following same pattern. At 50 and 100mM, GB content was 27.5 and 61% higher in endophyte free seedling shoot respectively as compared with 0mM salt, while at 150mM GB content was 36.9% higher than 0mM salt concentration (Fig 5b).
       

Fig 5: Effect of salt on glycine betaine (GB) content in root and shoot tissue


 
In abiotic stress condition, spatio-temporal accumulation of GB provides osmotic adjustment, stabilizes proteins and protects the photosynthetic apparatus (Annunziata et al., 2019). Salt stress damage to photosynthetic pigment and apparatus, accumulation of GB during salt stress and foliar spray of GB led to pigment stabilization and increase in photosynthetic rate and growth of plant (Cha-Um and Kirdmanee, 2010). Transgenic wheat (betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase, BADH ) was accumulated upto 42 mmol L-1, showed higher net photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance over control at 200mM salt concentration (Umar et al., 2018, Tian et al., 2016).
       
In root, GB content was induced maximum at 100mM salt concentration in both control and endophyte free seedling. In control seedling root, GB content was 95.3 and 153.2% higher at 50 and 100mM salt concentration respectively than 0mM salt, while at 150mM it was 52.1% higher than 0mM salt (Fig 5c). In case of endophyte free seedlings, GB content was 41.3 and 72.2% higher at 50 and 100mM salt concentration respectively than 0mM salt, however at 150mM, it was only 10.6% higher than 0mM salt (Fig 5d). In present study, GB content in root and shoot was increasing with increasing salt upto 100mM. But GB was higher in shoot as compared with root at each salt concentration as support the previous finding spatio-temporal accumulation of GB (Annunziata et al., 2019). Abide to GB and proline, the external spay of polyamines (putrescine, spermidine and spermine) help to salt tolerance by enhanced the contents of glutathione and ascorbate, increased activities of antioxidant enzymes (dehydroas corbatereductase, glutathione reductase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase) and glyoxalase enzyme (glyoxalase II) in moong seedling (Nahar et al., 2016).
In present finding elucidated the importance of endophytes associated with seed. Endophyte seedling were retaining less proline and GB content in root and shoot as compared with control seedling i.e without bacteriocide or fungicide treated seedling. Total eight endophytic bacteria were present interior of seed which opened a new window  to find out the potential endophytic bacteria which  will be responsible for seedling germination and growth under ionic stress situation. 
The authors are grateful for encouragement and support of Chancellor, REVA University, India. Authors express sincere thanks to the HOD, School of Biochemistry, REVA University, India for her support and encouragement. 
Authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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