Piriformospora indica, A Root Endophytic Fungus, Enhances Abiotic Stress Tolerance of the Host Plant

Improving Crop Resistance to Abiotic Stress

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 543-558

  Kumar, Manoj ^a   Sharma, Ruby ^a   Jogawat, Abhimanyu ^a   Singh, Pratap ^a   Dua, Meenakshi ^a   Johri, Atul Kumar ^a   Gill, Sarvajeet Singh ^b,c,d   Trivedi, Dipesh Kumar ^b   Tuteja, Narendra ^b,c   Verma, Ajit Kumar ^e   Oelmuller, Ralf ^f  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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

^c ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress tolerance antioxidative environment; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Osmolytes; Osmotic stress; Piriformospora indica; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885819052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527632930.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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