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Drought is a global problem for crop productivity. Therefore, the objective of this research was to evaluate five dry-Caribbean Bacillus spp. strains in drought stress amelioration in maize plants. Maize seeds were single-strain inoculated and sown in pots under greenhouse conditions. After 12 days, plants were subjected to 33 days of drought conditions, i.e., 30% of soil field capacity, and then collected to measure leaf and root dry biomass, plant height, antioxidant enzymes, proline accumulation, and P + , Ca 2+ , and K + uptake. Results correlated drought stress amelioration with the inoculation of Bacillus spp. strains XT13, XT38 and XT110. Inoculated plants showed increases in dry biomass, plant height, and K + and P + uptake. The overall maize antioxidant response to bacterial inoculation under drought stress showed dependence on proline accumulation and decreases in ascorbate peroxidase and glutathione reductase activities. Moreover, results suggest that this stress amelioration is driven by a specific plant-strain correlation observed in antioxidant response changes in inoculated plants under stress. Also, there is a complex integration of several mechanisms, including plant growth-promotion traits and nutrient uptake. Hence, the use of dry-Caribbean plant growth-promoting Bacillus strains represents an important biotechnological approach to enhance crop productivity in arid and semi-arid environments.

Dry-Caribbean Bacillus spp. Strains Ameliorate Drought Stress in Maize by a Strain-Specific Antioxidant Response Modulation