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SUBMITTER: Waller F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1224632 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Waller Frank F Achatz Beate B Baltruschat Helmut H Fodor József J Becker Katja K Fischer Marina M Heier Tobias T Hückelhoven Ralph R Neumann Christina C von Wettstein Diter D Franken Philipp P Kogel Karl-Heinz KH
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20050908 38
Disease resistance strategies are powerful approaches to sustainable agriculture because they reduce chemical input into the environment. Recently, Piriformospora indica, a plant-root-colonizing basidiomycete fungus, has been discovered in the Indian Thar desert and was shown to provide strong growth-promoting activity during its symbiosis with a broad spectrum of plants. Here, we report on the potential of P. indica to induce resistance to fungal diseases and tolerance to salt stress in the mon ...[more]