Table 1.
Example of beneficial soil microorganisms enhancing plant salinity tolerance.
| Beneficial microorganisms inoculum | Plant species | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Mycorrhizal fungi | ||
| Glomus claroideum | Olea europaea | Porras-Soriano et al., 2009 |
| Glomus clarum | Capsicum annum | Kaya et al., 2009 |
| Glomus intraradices | Acacia auriculiformis | Diouf et al., 2005 |
| A. mangium | Diouf et al., 2005 | |
| Cucurbita pepo | Colla et al., 2008 | |
| O. europaea | Porras-Soriano et al., 2009 | |
| Glomus macrocarpum | Sesbania aegyptiaca | Giri and Mukerji, 2004 |
| S. grandiflora | Giri and Mukerji, 2004 | |
| Glomus mosseae | Citrus tangerine | Wu et al., 2010 |
| Medicago sativa | Azcon and El-Atrash, 1997 | |
| Zea mays | Feng et al., 2002 | |
| O. europaea | Sheng et al., 2008 | |
| Gossypium arboreum | Porras-Soriano et al., 2009 | |
| Lycopersicon esculentum | Tian et al., 2004 | |
| Al-Karaki, 2000, 2006 | ||
| Al-Karaki and Hammad, 2001 | ||
| Latef and Chaoxing, 2011 | ||
| Paraglomus occultum | C. tangerine | Wu et al., 2010 |
| Rhizophagus intraradices | Zea mays | Krishnamoorthy et al., 2016 |
| Rhizobia | ||
| Rhizobium spp. strain AC-2 | A. nilotica | Bala et al., 1990 |
| Rhizobium spp. strain AC-1 | A. nilotica | |
| Rhizobium spp. strain L-10 | L. leucocephala | |
| Rhizobium spp. strain P-4 | Prosopis juliflora | |
| Rhizobium PMA63/1 | A. ampliceps | Zou et al., 1995 |
| Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 | Phaseolus vulgaris | Dardanelli et al., 2008 |
| Rhizobium etli ISP42 | ||
| Rhizobium strain USDA 208 | Glycine max | Elsheikh and Wood, 1995 |
| Bradyrhizobium strain RCR 3407 | ||
| Frankia | ||
| Crushed nodule suspension | Casuarina equisetifolia | Ng, 1987 |
| Crushed nodule suspension | Alnus glutinosa | Oliveira et al., 2005 |
| CcI3 strain | C. equisetifolia | Ngom et al., 2016a |
| C. glauca | ||
| CeD strain | C. equisetifolia | Ngom et al., 2016a |
| C. glauca | ||
| Dual inoculation | ||
| Mixed spores from Glomus, Gigaspora, and Acaulospora genera + Sinorhizobium terangae | A. saligna | Soliman et al., 2014 |
| Glomus mosseae + Mesorhizobium mediterraneum | Lathyrus sativus | Jin et al., 2010 |
| Glomus intraradices + Bradyrhizobium strains Aust 11c and Aust 13c | A. auriculiformis | Diouf et al., 2005 |
| A. mangium | ||
| Glomus clarum + Azospirillum brasilense | Vigna sinensis | Rabie et al., 2005 |
| Vicia faba | Rabie and Almadini, 2005 | |
| Rhizophagus intraradices + Massilia sp. RK4 | Zea mays | Krishnamoorthy et al., 2016 |
| Crushed nodule suspension + Glomus intraradices | A. glutinosa | Oliveira et al., 2005 |