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Piriformospora indica: Sebacinales and Their Biotechnological Applications

By Ajit Varma , Madhunita Bakshi , Pooja Chordia , Ralf Oelmüller (auth.) , Gerhard Kost , Ralf Oelmüller (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2013
ISBN
978-3-642-33801-4, 978-3-642-33802-1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-33802-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8764562 bytes)
Series
Soil Biology 33
Edition
1
Pages
397\389
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Microbiology; Agriculture; Plant Breeding/Biotechn

Description

Sebacinales have emerged as a fascinating order with mutualistic plant-fungal symbionts that consists of exclusively beneficial fungi. This volume of Soil Biology presents an overview of the current results in Sebacinales research with a focus on the potential of these fungi in crop improvement and stress tolerance. The authors demonstrate that Sebacinales are not only extremely versatile in their associations with roots, but are also almost universally present as symptomless endophytes. With this extraordinary diversity, Sebacinales with the key fungus Piriformospora indica might possess remarkable significance in natural ecosystems. Their biotechnological applications are expected to improve the quality of crops while maintaining ecologically and economically sustainable production systems.

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