Endophyte roles in nutrient acquisition, root system architecture development and oxidative stress tolerance

SK Verma, PK Sahu, K Kumar, G Pal… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Plants associate with communities of microbes (bacteria and fungi) that play critical roles in
plant development, nutrient acquisition and oxidative stress tolerance. The major share of …

Endophytic microbes and their potential applications in crop management

JF White, KL Kingsley, Q Zhang… - Pest management …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Endophytes are microbes (mostly bacteria and fungi) present asymptomatically in plants.
Endophytic microbes are often functional in that they may carry nutrients from the soil into …

Rhizophagy cycle: an oxidative process in plants for nutrient extraction from symbiotic microbes

JF White, KL Kingsley, SK Verma, KP Kowalski - Microorganisms, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we describe a mechanism for the transfer of nutrients from symbiotic microbes
(bacteria and fungi) to host plant roots that we term the 'rhizophagy cycle.'In the rhizophagy …

The role of seed-vectored endophytes in seedling development and establishment

SK Verma, RN Kharwar, JF White - Symbiosis, 2019 - Springer
Seed-vectored endophytes internally colonize plant seeds and remain without eliciting
disease symptoms. Microbes are carried by seeds generation after generation to benefit the …

Chemical interactions at the interface of plant root hair cells and intracellular bacteria

X Chang, KL Kingsley, JF White - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this research, we conducted histochemical, inhibitor and other experiments to evaluate
the chemical interactions between intracellular bacteria and plant cells. As a result of these …

The potential of nanomaterials associated with plant growth-promoting bacteria in agriculture

ACP de Moraes, LS Ribeiro, ER de Camargo… - 3 Biotech, 2021 - Springer
The impacts of chemical fertilizers and pesticides have raised public concerns regarding the
sustainability and security of food supplies, prompting the investigation of alternative …

Histochemical evidence for nitrogen-transfer endosymbiosis in non-photosynthetic cells of leaves and inflorescence bracts of angiosperms

A Micci, Q Zhang, X Chang, K Kingsley, L Park… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary We used light and confocal microscopy to visualize bacteria in leaf and
bract cells of more than 30 species in 18 families of seed plants. We detected chemical …

Seed-vectored microbes: their roles in improving seedling fitness and competitor plant suppression

JF White, KL Kingsley, S Butterworth, L Brindisi… - … endophytes: Biology and …, 2019 - Springer
This chapter discusses the roles of seed-vectored microbes in modulating seedling
development and increasing fitness of plants in terms of increased biotic and abiotic stress …

Emerging Research Topics in the Vibrionaceae and the Squid–Vibrio Symbiosis

W Soto - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Vibrionaceae encompasses a cosmopolitan group that is mostly aquatic and possesses
tremendous metabolic and genetic diversity. Given the importance of this taxon, it deserves …

Functional roles of seed-inhabiting endophytes of rice

G Pal, K Kumar, A Verma, JF White… - Seed Endophytes: Biology …, 2019 - Springer
Endophytic microbes including bacteria and fungi inhabiting in seed tissues have recently
gained significant importance owing to a diversity of roles that they play and eventually …