Figure 1

Effects of FZB42 on growth and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant seedlings were grown for 10 days in half-strength MS medium, before transplanting into 12-well microtiter plates. After treatment for 3 days with FZB42, NaCl was added to obtain a final concentration of 100 mM. At 10 days after bacterial treatment, the shoot parts were removed and measured to determine the fresh weight. The dry weight of plants was measured after in a drying oven at 75 °C for 2 days. (a) Photographs were taken of the plants after exposure to salt stress with or without FZB42. (b) FZB42 increased the fresh weight. (c) FZB42 increased the dry weight. White and black bars represent FZB42-inoculated and non-inoculated treatments, respectively. Error bars mean standard deviation. Different letters indicate statistically significant differences between treatments (Duncan’s multiple range tests, P < 0.05).