An improved growth medium for enhanced inoculum production of the plant growth-promoting fungus Serendipita indica.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The plant endophytic fungus Serendipita indica colonizes roots of a wide range of plant species and can enhance growth and stress resistance of these plants. Due to its ease of axenic cultivation and its broad host plant range including the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and numerous crop plants, it is widely used as a model fungus to study beneficial fungus-root interactions. In addition, it was suggested to be utilized for commercial applications, e.g. to enhance yield in barley and other species. To produce inoculum, S. indica is mostly cultivated in a complex Hill-Käfer medium (CM medium), however, growth in this medium is slow, and yield of chlamydospores, which are often used for plant root inoculation, is relatively low.

Results

We tested an

SUBMITTER: Osman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7076966 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature