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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Dai ZC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4878316 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in plant science 20160524
The role of the interactions between endophytes and alien plants has been unclear yet in plant invasion. We used a completely germ-free culture system to quantify the plant growth-promoting (PGP) effects of endophytic bacteria Bacillus sp. on aseptic seedlings of Wedelia trilobata and of its native clonal congener W. chinensis. The endophytic bacteria did not affect the growth of W. chinensis, but they significantly promoted the growth of W. trilobata. With the PGP effects of endophytic bacteria ...[more]