Foliar microbiome transplants confer disease resistance in a critically-endangered plant
There has been very little effort to incorporate foliar microbiomes into plant conservation efforts even though foliar endophytes are critically important to the fitness and function of hosts. Many critically endangered plants that have been extirpated from the wild are dependent on regular fungicid...
Main Authors: | Geoffrey Zahn, Anthony S. Amend |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2017-11-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/4020.pdf |
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