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2017 Autumn | Natural Science & Restoration

Using Plant-Microbe Partnerships to Help Salt-Impacted Crops

Student(s):

Shruti Parikh

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Pierre Joubert

Partner(s):

  • Doty Labratory, UW

Faculty advisor(s):

Sharon Doty Professor at the School of Environmental & Forest Sciences, University of Washington

During my project, I worked at the Doty Lab, a plant microbiology lab, to extract endophytes, or beneficial bacteria living inside of plants, from marine estuary plants. Along with identifying the strains and testing their tolerance to salt, I also tested them on crop plants to see if they improve plant tolerance to salt stress.