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Rhizobium Inoculation Enhances Drought Tolerance of Legume Species by Increasing Leaf Hydraulic Efficiency and Safety and Speeding Up Post-Drought Recovery.
Plant, Cell & Environment · · Journal Article
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Rhizobium inoculation in Glycine max and Caragana korshinskii improves drought tolerance by shifting leaf hydraulic traits toward greater Kleaf-max and more negative Kleaf P50.
- Why it matters: The leaf hydraulic efficiency–safety trade-off is central to drought adaptation, but whether rhizobium inoculation modulates this trade-off to enhance drought performance was unclear.
- What they did: Plants were grown under well-watered, moderate drought stress, and severe drought stress, and leaf water potential, stomatal conductance, photosynthesis, and leaf hydraulic conductance were measured during and after drought.
- The result: Compared with non-inoculated plants, inoculated plants showed improved hydraulic safety and efficiency, faster post-drought recovery, higher biomass, and increased nitrogen and phosphorus contents.
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