How woody plants adjust above‐and below‐ground traits in response to sustained drought

L Rowland, JA Ramírez‐Valiente, IP Hartley… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Future increases in drought severity and frequency are predicted to have substantial impacts
on plant function and survival. However, there is considerable uncertainty concerning what …

Endophyte-mediated stress tolerance in plants: A sustainable strategy to enhance resilience and assist crop improvement

M Kamran, QM Imran, MB Ahmed, N Falak, A Khatoon… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biotic and abiotic stresses severely affect agriculture by affecting crop productivity, soil
fertility, and health. These stresses may have significant financial repercussions …

[HTML][HTML] Plant association with dark septate endophytes: When the going gets tough (and stressful), the tough fungi get going

M Malicka, F Magurno, Z Piotrowska-Seget - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Dark septate endophytes (DSEs) comprise a diverse and ubiquitous group of fungal
generalists with broad habitat niches that robustly colonize the roots of plants in stressful …

Dark Septate Endophytes Improve the Growth and the Tolerance of Medicago sativa and Ammopiptanthus mongolicus Under Cadmium Stress

L Hou, J Yu, L Zhao, X He - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Although the ecological function of dark septate endophytes (DSEs) is well studied, little is
known about the responses of the host plant to DSEs obtained from other plants, especially …

Plant growth and soil microbial impacts of enhancing licorice with inoculating dark septate endophytes under drought stress

C He, W Wang, J Hou - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
This study mainly aimed to investigate the effects of dark septate endophytes
(DSE)(Acrocalymma vagum, Paraboeremia putaminum, and Fusarium acuminatum) on the …

A strain of Phoma species improves drought tolerance of Pinus tabulaeformis

XR Zhou, L Dai, GF Xu, HS Wang - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Global warming has led to frequent droughts, posing challenges for afforestation in arid and
semiarid regions. In search of labor-saving and money-saving methods to improve the …

Fungal endophytic community and diversity associated with desert shrubs driven by plant identity and organ differentiation in extremely arid desert ecosystem

Y Zuo, X Li, J Yang, J Liu, L Zhao, X He - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite desert ecosystem being crucial to our understanding of natural geography, species
evolution and global climate change, there is limited information on the dynamics of their …

Combined inoculation with dark septate endophytes and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: synergistic or competitive growth effects on maize?

L Xie, Y Bi, S Ma, J Shang, Q Hu, P Christie - BMC Plant Biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Effects on maize were assessed of dual inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungi (AMF) and dark septate endophytes (DSE) isolated from other plant species. Methods …

Is endophytic colonization of host plants a method of alleviating drought stress? Conceptualizing the hidden world of endophytes

R Byregowda, SR Prasad, R Oelmüller… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the wake of changing climatic conditions, plants are frequently exposed to a wide range of
biotic and abiotic stresses at various stages of their development, all of which negatively …

Advances in endophytic fungi research: a data analysis of 25 years of achievements and challenges

L Liu-Xu, B Vicedo, P García-Agustín… - Journal of Plant …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Research on fungal endophytes has demonstrated the ability to improve crop performance
and protect host plants against diverse biotic and abiotic stresses. Yet, despite the …