An Endophytic Trichoderma Strain Promotes Growth of Its Hosts and Defends Against Pathogen Attack

An Endophytic Trichoderma Strain Promotes Growth of Its Hosts and Defends Against Pathogen Attack

Plants host numerous endophytic microbes which promote plant performance, in particular under stress. A new endophytic fungus was isolated from the leaves of a deciduous wood tree Leucas aspera. Morphological inspection and multilocus phylogeny identified the fungus as a new Trichoderma strain. If a...

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Main Authors: Yu-Heng Tseng, Hamid Rouina, Karin Groten, Pijakala Rajani, Alexandra C. U. Furch, Michael Reichelt, Ian T. Baldwin, Karaba N. Nataraja, Ramanan Uma Shaanker, Ralf Oelmüller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
Trichoderma
plant beneficial endophyte
growth promotion
pathogen protection
hormone induction
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.573670/full

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