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SUBMITTER: Prema Sundara Valli P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6141400 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Prema Sundara Valli Piramanagayam P Muthukumar Thangavelu T
Indian journal of microbiology 20180608 4
The ascomycetous dark septate endophytic (DSE) fungi characterized by their melanized hyphae can confer abiotic stress tolerance in their associated plants in addition to improving plant growth and health. In this study inoculation of the DSE fungus <i>Nectria haematococca</i> Berk. & Broome significantly improved all the plant growth parameters like the plant height, stem girth, leaf characteristics and plant biomass of drought-stressed tomato. Root characters like the total root length, primar ...[more]