The Free-Living Stage Growth Conditions of the Endophytic Fungus Serendipita indica May Regulate Its Potential as Plant Growth Promoting Microbe

The Free-Living Stage Growth Conditions of the Endophytic Fungus Serendipita indica May Regulate Its Potential as Plant Growth Promoting Microbe

Serendipita indica (former Piriformospora indica) is a non-obligate endophytic fungus and generally a plant growth and defence promoter with high potential to be used in agriculture. However, S. indica may switch from biotrophy to saprotrophy losing its plant growth promoting traits. Our aim was to...

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Main Authors: Teresa Dias, Vívian Pimentel, Antônio Jesus Dorighetto Cogo, Raquel Costa, Amanda Azevedo Bertolazi, Camila Miranda, Sávio Bastos de Souza, Juliana Melo, Manuela Carolino, Ajit Varma, Frederico Eutrópio, Fábio Lopes Olivares, Alessandro Coutinho Ramos, Cristina Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
free-living stage
fungal phenotype
morphology
physiology
plant-growth-promoting-microbes
symbiosis stage
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.562238/full

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