Biotechnological importance of Piriformospora indica Verma et al - A novel symbiotic mycorrhiza-like fungus: An overview

Indian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-75

  Singh, Anjana ^a   Singh, Archana ^b   Kumari, Meera ^a   Rai, Mahendra K ^c   Varma, Ajit ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c SANT GADGE BABA AMRAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Axenic culture; Economically important plants; Positive influence; Root colonizing; Synthetic medium

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; CARBON; GLUCOSE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS 32; RIBOSOME RNA; SUCROSE;

ACIDITY; AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FORESTRY; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; HORTICULTURE; HOST; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INDIA; LEGUME; MOSS; MYCELIUM; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDACEAE; PIRIFORMOSPORA INDICA; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; PROSOPIS; REVIEW; RHIZOSPHERE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TISSUE CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANEURA PINGUIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DACTYLORHIZA; DACTYLORHIZA MACULATA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; DIVERSISPORALES; FUNGI; GLOMERALES; GLOMEROMYCOTA; HYMENOMYCETES; LILIOPSIDA; ORCHIDACEAE; PIRIFORMOSPORA INDICA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS CHILENSIS; RHIZOCTONIA; SEBACINACEAE; VERMA; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS NUMMULARIA;

EID: 0042433509     PISSN: 09725849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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