The Mechanisms of Cadmium Stress Mitigation by Fungal Endophytes from Maize Grains.

ABSTRACT: Maize is a crucial staple crop that ensures global food security by supplying essential nutrients. However, heavy metal (HM) contamination inhibits maize growth, reduces output, and affects food security. Some endophytic fungi (EFs) in maize seeds have the potential to enhance growth and increase dry biomass, offering a solution to mitigate the negative effect of HM contamination. Using these functional EFs could help maintain crop production and ensure food safety in HM-contaminated areas. In the present study, the diversity of EFs in corn grains from various HM-contaminated areas in China was studied through culture-dependent and culture-independent methods. We tested the plant growth-promoting (PGP) traits of several dominant culturable isolates and evaluated the growth-promoting effect

SUBMITTER: Awais M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11355786 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature