Unraveling the role of fungal symbionts in plant abiotic stress tolerance

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-191

  Singh, Lamabam Peter ^a   Gill, Sarvajeet Singh ^b,c   Tuteja, Narendra ^b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^c MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Endophytes; Fungal symbiont; Mycorrhizal fungus; Piriformospora indica; Stress tolerance; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI; PIRIFORMOSPORA INDICA;

EID: 79956226364     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.2.14146     Document Type: Review

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