Cuticular Wax Modification by Epichloe Endophyte in Achnatherum inebrians under Different Soil Moisture Availability.

ABSTRACT: The cuticular wax serves as the outermost hydrophobic barrier of plants against nonstomatal water loss and various environmental stresses. An objective of this study was to investigate the contribution of the mutualistic fungal endophyte Epichloë gansuensis to leaf cuticular wax of Achnatherum inebrians under different soil moisture availability. Through a pot experiment and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis, our results indicated that the hydrocarbons were the dominant components of leaf cuticular wax, and the proportion of alcohols, aldehydes, amines, and ethers varied with the presence or absence of E. gansuensis and different soil moisture availability. Amines and ethers are unique in endophyte-free (EF) A. inebrians plants and endophyte-

SUBMITTER: Zhao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9325231 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature