Plant performance of enhancing licorice with dual inoculating dark septate endophytes and Trichoderma viride mediated via effects on root development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to assess whether licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis) can benefit from dual inoculation by Trichoderma viride and dark septate endophytes (DSE) isolated from other medicinal plants.

Methods

First, we isolated and identified three DSE (Paraboeremia putaminum, Scytalidium lignicola, and Phoma herbarum) and Trichoderma viride from medicinal plants growing in farmland of China. Second, we investigated the influences of these three DSE on the performance of licorice at different T. viride densities (1 × 10⁶, 1 × 10⁷, and 1 × 10⁸ CFU/mL) under sterilised condition in a growth chamber.

Results

Three DSE strains could colonize the roots of licorice, and they established a positive symbiosis with host plants depending o

SUBMITTER: He C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7346674 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature