The main objective of this project is to integrate knowledge on the ability of growth promoting bacteria to mitigate saline stress and the application of compost to soil with salinity problems to generate knowledge that allows more adequate strategies in cultivation practices in soil with salinity problems.

Specific Objectives:

• Perform chemotaxis studies with cardon plants inoculated with PGPBs.

• Determine the effects of double participation of plant growth promoting bacteria (A. lipoferum) inoculated in the root and the application of soil compost in plants subjected to saline stress in their vegetative stage.

Giant cardon seeds cultivated in volcanic rock dust one year after planting (Left: inoculated with bacteria; center: not inoculated; right: fertilized.)