Activation of drought tolerant traits in crops: endophytes as elicitors

Drought challenges crop production worldwide. The issue is aggravated by frequent drought episodes and unpredictable rainfall patterns associated with global climate change. While the efforts to breed drought-resistant crop varieties are progressing, the need of the hour is immediate strategies to s...

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Main Authors: Karaba N Nataraja, KH Dhanyalakshmi, Geetha Govind, Ralf Oelmüller
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:Plant Signaling & Behavior
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2022.2120300
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author Karaba N Nataraja
KH Dhanyalakshmi
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description Drought challenges crop production worldwide. The issue is aggravated by frequent drought episodes and unpredictable rainfall patterns associated with global climate change. While the efforts to breed drought-resistant crop varieties are progressing, the need of the hour is immediate strategies to sustain the yields of existing ones. As per recent studies, stress adaptive traits can be activated using specific elicitors. Endophytes that inhabit host plants asymptomatically are natural elicitors/bio-stimulators capable of activating host gene expression, conferring several benefits to the hosts. This review discusses the scope of using trait-specific endophytes in activating drought adaptive traits in crop varieties.
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spelling doaj.art-c1bc6e4bda734e73870bc5f6ee9847822024-01-18T15:58:22ZengTaylor & Francis GroupPlant Signaling & Behavior1559-23161559-23242022-12-0117110.1080/15592324.2022.21203002120300Activation of drought tolerant traits in crops: endophytes as elicitorsKaraba N Nataraja0KH Dhanyalakshmi1Geetha Govind2Ralf Oelmüller3University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore (UASB)Department of Plant Physiology, Regional Agricultural Research Station Pattambi, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, KeralaCollege of Agriculture, UASBMatthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular, Botany, Friedrich-Schiller-University JenaDrought challenges crop production worldwide. The issue is aggravated by frequent drought episodes and unpredictable rainfall patterns associated with global climate change. While the efforts to breed drought-resistant crop varieties are progressing, the need of the hour is immediate strategies to sustain the yields of existing ones. As per recent studies, stress adaptive traits can be activated using specific elicitors. Endophytes that inhabit host plants asymptomatically are natural elicitors/bio-stimulators capable of activating host gene expression, conferring several benefits to the hosts. This review discusses the scope of using trait-specific endophytes in activating drought adaptive traits in crop varieties.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2022.2120300droughtendophyteselicitorsadaptive traits
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Activation of drought tolerant traits in crops: endophytes as elicitors
Plant Signaling & Behavior
drought
endophytes
elicitors
adaptive traits
title Activation of drought tolerant traits in crops: endophytes as elicitors
title_full Activation of drought tolerant traits in crops: endophytes as elicitors
title_fullStr Activation of drought tolerant traits in crops: endophytes as elicitors
title_full_unstemmed Activation of drought tolerant traits in crops: endophytes as elicitors
title_short Activation of drought tolerant traits in crops: endophytes as elicitors
title_sort activation of drought tolerant traits in crops endophytes as elicitors
topic drought
endophytes
elicitors
adaptive traits
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2022.2120300
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