<i>Achnatherum inebrians</i> Bacterial Communities Associated with <i>Epichloe gansuensis</i> Endophyte Infection Under Low-Concentration Urea Treatment: Links to Plant Growth and Root Metabolite.

ABSTRACT: Despite chemical exchange often serving as the first step in plant-microbe interactions, the specialized chemical metabolites produced by grass-Epichloë endophyte symbiosis as mediators of host growth, nutrient acquisition, and modulators of the rhizosphere community under low-nitrogen conditions are areas lacking in knowledge. In this study, we investigated the plant growth-promoting effects of the Epichloë endophyte strain and identified the growth of the Epichloë strain under different types of nitrogen source treatments. In addition to the in vitro test, we evaluated growth performance for Epichloë endophyte-infected plants (E+) and Epichloë endophyte-free plants (E-) in a pot trial under 0.01 mol/L urea treatment. Seedlings from E+ and E- groups were

SUBMITTER: Jin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12300119 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature