For sustainable food security, food supplies must keep pace with increasing population and
urbanization which can partially be achieved by reducing the yield losses caused by the …

A large number of media compositions are available in the literature for the cultivation of
various groups of fungi, but almost no literature is available for axenic cultivation of symbiotic …

The root endophyte Piriformospora indica belongs to the Hymenomycetes (Basidiomycota),
with a relatively close relationship to Rhizoctonia and Sebacina. It drastically improves plant …

The activities of rhizospheric organisms have been well recognized in non-leguminous
plants such as tropical grasses, rice and maize. Such activities include nitrogen fixation …

Piriformospora indica, a root endophyte with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-like characteristics
and the added important advantage that it can grow axenically, has been proven to be a …

" Advanced Techniques in Soil Microbiology" presents a wide range of biotechnological
methods for application in soil microbiology analysis. These include all essential methods …

Molecular and ultrastructural studies have revealed a broad diversity of mycorrhizal
associations, due to its inconspicuous basidiomes involving members of the …

A major challenge in the twenty-first century is to fulfill the hunger need of day-by-day
increasing populations. Hence, there is the need to increase the productivity of cultivated …

Bandoni (1984) revised the Tremellales and Auriculariales on the basis of ultrastructural,
ontogenetic and ecological characters. The Sebacinaceae were transferred to his new …

In the mutualistic association between plant and mycorrhiza, plant benefits by gaining an
improved nutrient and water acquisition through fungal hyphae and/or an enhanced abiotic …