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A Symbiotic Approach to Generating Stress Tolerant Crops
Studies were undertaken to determine if fungal endophytes from plants in stressful habitats could be commercialized to generate climate resilient crop plants. Fungal endophytes were isolated from weedy rice plants and grasses from South Korea and the USA, respectively. Endophytes (Curvularia brachys...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8145319/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33922997 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9050920 |
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author | Redman, Regina S. Kim, Yong Ok Cho, Sang Mercer, Malia Rienstra, Melissa Manglona, Ryan Biaggi, Taylor Zhou, Xin-Gen Chilvers, Martin Gray, Zachery Rodriguez, Russell J. |
author_facet | Redman, Regina S. Kim, Yong Ok Cho, Sang Mercer, Malia Rienstra, Melissa Manglona, Ryan Biaggi, Taylor Zhou, Xin-Gen Chilvers, Martin Gray, Zachery Rodriguez, Russell J. |
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description | Studies were undertaken to determine if fungal endophytes from plants in stressful habitats could be commercialized to generate climate resilient crop plants. Fungal endophytes were isolated from weedy rice plants and grasses from South Korea and the USA, respectively. Endophytes (Curvularia brachyspora and Fusarium asiaticum) from weedy rice plants from high salt or drought stressed habitats in South Korea conferred salt and drought stress tolerance to weedy rice and commercial varieties reflective of the habitats from which they were isolated. Fungal endophytes isolated from grasses in arid habitats of the USA were identified as Trichoderma harzianum and conferred drought and heat stress tolerance to monocots and eudicots. Two T. harzianum isolates were exposed to UV mutagenesis to derive strains resistant to fungicides in seed treatment plant protection packages. Three strains that collectively had resistance to commonly used fungicides were used for field testing. The three-strain mixture (ThSM3a) increased crop yields proportionally to the level of stress plants experienced with average yields up to 52% under high and 3–5% in low stress conditions. This study demonstrates fungal endophytes can be developed as viable commercial tools for rapidly generating climate resilient crops to enhance agricultural sustainability. |
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spelling | pubmed-81453192021-05-26 A Symbiotic Approach to Generating Stress Tolerant Crops Redman, Regina S. Kim, Yong Ok Cho, Sang Mercer, Malia Rienstra, Melissa Manglona, Ryan Biaggi, Taylor Zhou, Xin-Gen Chilvers, Martin Gray, Zachery Rodriguez, Russell J. Microorganisms Article Studies were undertaken to determine if fungal endophytes from plants in stressful habitats could be commercialized to generate climate resilient crop plants. Fungal endophytes were isolated from weedy rice plants and grasses from South Korea and the USA, respectively. Endophytes (Curvularia brachyspora and Fusarium asiaticum) from weedy rice plants from high salt or drought stressed habitats in South Korea conferred salt and drought stress tolerance to weedy rice and commercial varieties reflective of the habitats from which they were isolated. Fungal endophytes isolated from grasses in arid habitats of the USA were identified as Trichoderma harzianum and conferred drought and heat stress tolerance to monocots and eudicots. Two T. harzianum isolates were exposed to UV mutagenesis to derive strains resistant to fungicides in seed treatment plant protection packages. Three strains that collectively had resistance to commonly used fungicides were used for field testing. The three-strain mixture (ThSM3a) increased crop yields proportionally to the level of stress plants experienced with average yields up to 52% under high and 3–5% in low stress conditions. This study demonstrates fungal endophytes can be developed as viable commercial tools for rapidly generating climate resilient crops to enhance agricultural sustainability. MDPI 2021-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8145319/ /pubmed/33922997 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9050920 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Redman, Regina S. Kim, Yong Ok Cho, Sang Mercer, Malia Rienstra, Melissa Manglona, Ryan Biaggi, Taylor Zhou, Xin-Gen Chilvers, Martin Gray, Zachery Rodriguez, Russell J. A Symbiotic Approach to Generating Stress Tolerant Crops |
title | A Symbiotic Approach to Generating Stress Tolerant Crops |
title_full | A Symbiotic Approach to Generating Stress Tolerant Crops |
title_fullStr | A Symbiotic Approach to Generating Stress Tolerant Crops |
title_full_unstemmed | A Symbiotic Approach to Generating Stress Tolerant Crops |
title_short | A Symbiotic Approach to Generating Stress Tolerant Crops |
title_sort | symbiotic approach to generating stress tolerant crops |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8145319/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33922997 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9050920 |
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