Insights into the beneficial roles of dark septate endophytes in plants under challenging environment: Resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses

N Akhtar, AK Wani, DS Dhanjal… - World Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Dark septate endophytes (DSE) exert a plethora of effects in regulating plant growth,
signalling and stress tolerance. The advent of metagenomics has led to the identification of …

Functional roles of microbial symbionts in plant cold tolerance

IS Acuña‐Rodríguez, KK Newsham, PE Gundel… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, we examine the functional roles of microbial symbionts in plant tolerance to
cold and freezing stresses. The impacts of symbionts on antioxidant activity, hormonal …

Patterns in intraspecific variation in root traits are species‐specific along an elevation gradient

M Weemstra, GT Freschet, A Stokes… - Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Intraspecific trait variation is an important driver of plant performance in different
environments. Although roots acquire essential resources that vary with the environment …

Dark septate endophytes isolated from a xerophyte plant promote the growth of Ammopiptanthus mongolicus under drought condition

X Li, X He, L Hou, Y Ren, S Wang, F Su - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Dark septate endophytes (DSE) may facilitate plant growth and stress tolerance in stressful
ecosystems. However, little is known about the response of plants to non-host DSE fungi …

Arnebia euchroma, a Plant Species of Cold Desert in the Himalayas, Harbors Beneficial Cultivable Endophytes in Roots and Leaves

R Jain, P Bhardwaj, SS Pandey, S Kumar - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The endophytic mutualism of plants with microorganisms often leads to several benefits to its
host including plant health and survival under extreme environments. Arnebia euchroma is …

Non‐random association patterns in a plant–mycorrhizal fungal network reveal host–symbiont specificity

SK Sepp, J Davison, T Jairus, M Vasar… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are obligate plant symbionts that have important functions
in most terrestrial ecosystems, but there remains an incomplete understanding of host …

Diversity and function of soil microbes on montane gradients: the state of knowledge in a changing world

CI Looby, PH Martin - FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Mountains have a long history in the study of diversity. Like macroscopic taxa, soil microbes
are hypothesized to be strongly structured by montane gradients, and recently there has …

[HTML][HTML] Root-associated helotiales fungi: Overlooked players in plant nutrition

P Bruyant, Y Moënne-Loccoz, J Almario - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Fungi contribute to plant mineral nutrition through diverse symbiotic mycorrhizal
associations. Although historically most attention has been put on Glomeromycotina fungi …

Patterns of root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophytes across a mostly-unvegetated, high-elevation landscape

CPB de Mesquita, SA Sartwell, EV Ordemann… - Fungal Ecology, 2018 - Elsevier
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and dark septate endophytes (DSE) are two fungal
groups that colonize plant roots and can benefit plant growth, but little is known about their …

Plant-symbiotic fungal diversity tracks variation in vegetation and the abiotic environment along an extended elevational gradient in the Himalayas

I Hiiesalu, J Schweichhart, R Angel… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi can benefit plants under environmental stress, and
influence plant adaptation to warmer climates. However, very little is known about the …