The beneficial endophyte Trichoderma hamatum isolate DIS 219b promotes growth and delays the onset of the drought response in Theobroma cacao

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3279-3295

  Bae, Hanhong ^a,d   Sicher, Richard C ^a   Kim, Moon S ^a   Kim, Soo Hyung ^b   Strem, Mary D ^a   Melnick, Rachel L ^c   Bailey, Bryan A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Fungal endophyte; Theobroma cacao; Trichoderma hamatum

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CACAO; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TRICHODERMA;

CACAO; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRICHODERMA; WATER;

FUNGI; THEOBROMA CACAO; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA HAMATUM;

EID: 70349144999     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp165     Document Type: Article

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