A fungal endophyte helps plants to tolerate root herbivory through changes in gibberellin and jasmonate signaling

New Phytologist

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1065-1076

  Cosme, Marco ^a,b,c   Lu, Jing ^d,e   Erb, Matthias ^d,f   Stout, Michael Joseph ^g   Franken, Philipp ^b,h   Wurst, Susanne ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^h HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

GA signaling; induced plant tolerance; jasmonate signaling; Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (rice water weevil); Oryza sativa (rice); phytohormone crosstalk; Piriformospora indica (endophyte); root herbivory

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CROP DAMAGE; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; HORMONE; INSECT; MUTUALISM; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RICE; TOLERANCE;

LISSORHOPTRUS ORYZOPHILUS; ORYZA SATIVA; PIRIFORMOSPORA INDICA;

CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; GIBBERELLIN; JASMONIC ACID; OXYLIPIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BASIDIOMYCETES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENDOPHYTE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORYZA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEEVIL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CYCLOPENTANES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENDOPHYTES; GIBBERELLINS; HERBIVORY; LARVA; ORYZA; OXYLIPINS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEEVILS;

EID: 84963735098     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13957     Document Type: Article

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