Piriformospora indica is a root-colonizing fungus, which interacts with a variety of plants including Arabidopsis thaliana. This interaction has been considered as mutualistic leading to growth promotion of the host. So far, only indolic glucosinolates and phytohormones have been identified as key players. In a comprehensive non-targeted metabolite profiling study, we analyzed Arabidopsis thali...

The endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica colonizes the roots of many plant species including Arabidopsis and promotes their performance, biomass, and seed production as well as resistance against biotic and abiotic stress. Imbalances in the symbiotic interaction such as uncontrolled fungal growth result in the loss of benefits for the plants and activation of defense responses against the mi...

Endophytic mycopopulation isolated from India's Queen of herbs Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum) were explored and investigated for their diversity and antiphytopathogenic activity against widespread plant pathogens Botrytis cinerea, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Rhizoctonia solani and Fusarium oxysporum. 90 fungal isolates, representing 17 genera were recovered from 313 disease-free and surface sterilised pl...

The fungus Macrophomina phaseolina is a phytopathogen of great importance attacking various crops and causing severe losses especially in sorghum, beans, soybeans others. Since acetic indole acid (AIA) hormone that some authors associate with the pathogenic power other fungi such as Fusarium oxysporum, it was decided to perform this work detect whether M isolated from beans layers producing AIA...

charcoal rot caused by macrophomina phaseolina is an important disease of soybean throughout the world. to understand the spatial distribution of soybean charcoal rot incidence and m. phaseolina populations in golestan province, 172 soybean fields were surveyed for population density, in two successive years, and integrated with geographic information system (gis). each year, 60 fields were als...