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Genetic Variation of Sinorhizobium meliloti Isolates Differing in Their Ability to Drought Tolerance | ||
| Jornal of Biotechnology Research Center | ||
| Article 1, Volume 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 17-22 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Rana A. Hameed; Nidhal N. Hussain; Abed aljasim M. Aljibouri | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Soil bacteria Sinorhizobium meliloti had enormous agricultural value, due to their ability in fixing nitrogen symbiotically with an important forage crop legume- alfalfa. The aim of this study (i) isolate indigenous S. meliloti from different field sites in Iraq, (ii) evaluate the isolates tolerance to induce drought using polyethylene glycol-6000, (iii) assessing genetic diversity and genetic relationships among isolates of natural population with drought tolerant abilities. Drought tolerance study revealed vast variations between Sinorhizobium isolates, the highest tolerant isolates to drought were twelve from total thirty 40%, tolerated from -3 up to -4 Mpa (mega pascal), while the drought sensitive isolates tolerated upto – 1.5 Mpa, except isolate Bs58 which tolerated upto -1 Mpa water potential. The growth declined with the increase of drought stress. Cluster analysis based on RAPD-PCR showed significant differences among S. meliloti isolates, and the results gave almost identical grouping of isolates in regards to drought experiment. Among indigenous isolates two divergent groups could be determined, the first major group included drought tolerant isolates and the second major group comprised all drought moderate and sensitive isolates with 40% similarity between the two major groups. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Sinorhizobium meliloti; RAPD; Drought; Genetic diversity | ||
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