Unraveling the role of fungal symbionts in plant abiotic stress tolerance

LP Singh, SS Gill, N Tuteja - Plant signaling & behavior, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Fungal symbionts have been found associated with every plant studied in natural
ecosystem, where they colonize and reside entirely in the internal tissues of their host plant …

Piriformospora indica, a cultivable root endophyte with multiple biotechnological applications

R Oelmüller, I Sherameti, S Tripathi, A Varma - Symbiosis, 2009 - Springer
Piriformospora indica is a wide-host root-colonizing endophytic fungus which allows the
plants to grow under extreme physical and nutrient stress. The fungus can be cultivated on …

Beneficial plant-microbes interactions: biodiversity of microbes from diverse extreme environments and its impact for crop improvement

P Verma, AN Yadav, V Kumar, DP Singh… - … -microbe interactions in …, 2017 - Springer
Microbes are capable of colonizing the rhizosphere and phyllosphere as well as living
inside the plant tissues as endophytes. The microbiomes associated with the crops have the …

Piriformospora indica confers drought tolerance in Chinese cabbage leaves by stimulating antioxidant enzymes, the expression of drought-related genes and the …

C Sun, JM Johnson, D Cai, I Sherameti… - Journal of plant …, 2010 - Elsevier
Piriformospora indica, a root-colonizing endophytic fungus of Sebacinales, promotes plant
growth and confers resistance against biotic and abiotic stress. The fungus strongly …

The effects of root endophyte and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on growth and cadmium accumulation in wheat under cadmium toxicity

S Shahabivand, HZ Maivan, EM Goltapeh… - Plant Physiology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The effects of Piriformospora indica and Glomus mosseae on some growth and
physiological parameters, and cadmium (Cd) amounts in Triticum aestivum cv. Sardari39 …

Indole derivative production by the root endophyte Piriformospora indica is not required for growth promotion but for biotrophic colonization of barley roots

M Hilbert, LM Voll, Y Ding, J Hofmann… - New …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Beneficial effects elicited by the root endophyte Piriformospora indica are widely known, but
the mechanism by which these are achieved is still unclear. It is proposed that …

Microorganisms in soils: roles in genesis and functions

F Buscot, A Varma - 2005 - Springer
The inspiration and concept for preparing this volume were conceived while both of us were
sipping a cup of Columbian coffee in the Goethe Gallery, Jena (Germany). The idea …

Root endophyte Piriformospora indica DSM 11827 alters plant morphology, enhances biomass and antioxidant activity of medicinal plant Bacopa monniera

R Prasad, S Kamal, PK Sharma… - Journal of basic …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Unorganized collections and over exploitation of naturally occurring medicinal plant Bacopa
monniera is leading to rapid depletion of germplasm and is posing a great threat to its …

The root endophyte fungus Piriformospora indica leads to early flowering, higher biomass and altered secondary metabolites of the medicinal plant, Coleus forskohlii

A Das, S Kamal, NA Shakil, I Sherameti… - Plant signaling & …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This study was undertaken to investigate the influence of plant probiotic fungus
Piriformospora indica on the medicinal plant C. forskohlii. Interaction of the C. forskohlii with …

Microbial diversity in soils

B Giri, PH Giang, R Kumari, R Prasad… - Microorganisms in soils …, 2005 - Springer
Soil microbiology emerged as a distinct branch of soil science in 1838 after the French
agricultural chemist and farmer, Boussingault, showed that legumes could obtain nitrogen …