{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13"],"submitter":["Wang Z"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4><i>Epichloë bromicola</i> is a cultivable fungal endophyte that lives in symbiosis with wild barley (<i>Hordeum brevisubulatum</i>) to which it confers salt tolerance. This study tested the hypothesis that <i>E. bromicola</i> derived from wild barley has the potential to increase salt tolerance in cultivated barley under salt stress.<h4>Methods</h4>To test this hypothesis, the growth response, physiological parameters, and metabolic profiles of barley plants inoculated with <i>E. bromicola</i> (E+) and those not inoculated with <i>E. bromicola</i> (E-) were compared under salt stress.<h4>Results</h4>Compared with E- barley plants, E+ barley plants had significantly increased plant height, shoot biomass, total biomass, chlorophyll content, osmotic synthesis, and accumulation of stress adaptation metabolites. <i>E. bromicola</i> increased the salt stress tolerance of cultivated barley, and the positive effects correlated with different salt stress conditions.<h4>Discussion</h4>These results suggest that <i>E. bromicola</i> has promising potential for enhancing the salt tolerance of barley. New insights into the mechanisms underlying this barley-fungal endophyte association are provided, and interesting questions regarding the role of <i>E. bromicola</i> in fungus-enhanced tolerance to salt stress in this symbiosis are raised."],"journal":["Frontiers in microbiology"],"pagination":["1044735"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9730248"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["<i>Epichloe bromicola</i> from wild barley improves salt-tolerance of cultivated barley by altering physiological responses to salt stress."],"pmcid":["PMC9730248"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu J","Li C","Wang Z","White JF"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"<i>Epichloe bromicola</i> from wild barley improves salt-tolerance of cultivated barley by altering physiological responses to salt stress.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4><i>Epichloë bromicola</i> is a cultivable fungal endophyte that lives in symbiosis with wild barley (<i>Hordeum brevisubulatum</i>) to which it confers salt tolerance. This study tested the hypothesis that <i>E. bromicola</i> derived from wild barley has the potential to increase salt tolerance in cultivated barley under salt stress.<h4>Methods</h4>To test this hypothesis, the growth response, physiological parameters, and metabolic profiles of barley plants inoculated with <i>E. bromicola</i> (E+) and those not inoculated with <i>E. bromicola</i> (E-) were compared under salt stress.<h4>Results</h4>Compared with E- barley plants, E+ barley plants had significantly increased plant height, shoot biomass, total biomass, chlorophyll content, osmotic synthesis, and accumulation of stress adaptation metabolites. <i>E. bromicola</i> increased the salt stress tolerance of cultivated barley, and the positive effects correlated with different salt stress conditions.<h4>Discussion</h4>These results suggest that <i>E. bromicola</i> has promising potential for enhancing the salt tolerance of barley. New insights into the mechanisms underlying this barley-fungal endophyte association are provided, and interesting questions regarding the role of <i>E. bromicola</i> in fungus-enhanced tolerance to salt stress in this symbiosis are raised.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-04T12:01:20.59Z","creation":"2025-02-19T02:59:58.316Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9730248","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36504776"],"doi":["10.3389/fmicb.2022.1044735"]}}