Root-endophytes improve the ecophysiological performance and production of an agricultural species under drought condition.

ABSTRACT: Throughout many regions of the world, climate change has limited the availability of water for irrigating crops. Indeed, current models of climate change predict that arid and semi-arid zones will be places where precipitation will drastically decrease. In this context, plant root-associated fungi appear as a new strategy to improve ecophysiological performance and yield of crops under abiotic stress. Thus, use of fungal endophytes from ecosystems currently subjected to severe drought conditions could improve the ecophysiological performance and quantum yield of crops exposed to drought. In this study, we evaluated how the inoculation of fungal endophytes isolated from Antarctic plants can improve the net photosynthesis, water use efficiency and production of fresh biomass in a lettuce cul

SUBMITTER: Molina-Montenegro MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5091693 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature