As an endophytic fungus, the growth-promoting effects of Piriformospora indica have been widely confirmed in many its host plants. In this study, we investigated influences P. colonization on growth daughter plants two strawberry cultivars, ‘Benihoppe’ and ‘Sweet Charlie.’ The results showed that fungus significantly promoted both varieties. Its greatly improved almost all parameters plants, in...

In this paper we show that hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (NP) can not only act as a chaperon (by imparting thermostability) but can serve as a synthetic enhancer of activity of an isolated extracellular pectate lyase (APL) with low native state activity. The purified enzyme (an attenuated strain of Macrophomina phaseolina) showed feeble activity at 50°C and pH 5.6. However, on addition of 10.5 µ...

to study of biological control of charcoal rot of melon caused by macrophomina phaseolina, 187 isolates of fluorescens pseudomonas isolated of rhizosphere and soil of melon plants. then 12 isolates belong to i, iii and v biovars of p. fluorescens and b biovar of p. putida were selected for greenhouse experiments based on inhibition amount. pseudomonas isolates inhibited mycelial growth signific...

Charcoal rot is one of the most destructive fungal diseases soybean, caused by pathogen called Macrophomina phaseolina. This disease thrives in warm and dry conditions, affecting yield soybean other important agronomic crops. Existing methods used to screen suffer from several drawbacks including, manual rating, low accuracy, high operating time, system complexity. To circumvent these drawbacks...

This paper reported on the various filamentous fungi strains that were isolated from a wild grown Catharanthus roseus. Based on the morphological characteristics and molecular technique through a Polymerase Chain Reaction and DNA sequencing method using internal transcribed spacer (ITS), these fungi had been identified as a Colletotrichum sp., Macrophomina phaseolina, Nigrospora sphaerica and F...

The mutualistic basidiomycete Piriformospora indica colonizes roots of mono- and dicotyledonous plants, and thereby improves plant health and yield. Given the capability of P. indica to colonize a broad range of hosts, it must be anticipated that the fungus has evolved efficient strategies to overcome plant immunity and to establish a proper environment for nutrient acquisition and reproduction...