Endophytic infection alleviates biotic stress in sunflower through regulation of defence hormones, antioxidants and functional amino acids

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 803-824

  Waqas, Muhammad ^a,b   Khan, Abdul Latif ^a,c   Hamayun, Muhammad ^a,d   Shahzad, Raheem ^a   Kim, Yoon Ha ^a,e   Choi, Kyung Sook ^a   Lee, In Jung ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Department of Agriculture Extension ^*  (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA   (Oman)

^d ABDUL WALI KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Biotic stress; Endophyte; Endophytic association; Fungal pathogen

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENDOPHYTE; HORMONE; HOST PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INOCULATION; OVERWINTERING; PLANT; SALICYLIC ACID; SIDEROPHORE; SYMBIOSIS;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; FUNGI; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM;

EID: 84923834163     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: 15738469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-014-0581-8     Document Type: Article

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