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Microbial inoculation enhances salt tolerance by modulating secondary metabolites and key biosynthetic genes in Melissa officinalis

S. Hamarashid A. Al-Zubaidy Huda Jamal Mhamad Payam Faruq Ali

Jul 2026 · 3 Biotech · Vol 16 · 0 citations · 105 references

Medicine

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Overall, AMF+PGPR co-inoculation mitigated salinity stress by enhancing secondary metabolism and upregulating key biosynthetic genes, providing a sustainable approach to improving salt tolerance in M. officinalis.

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