Plant Growth Promoting Endophytes and their Interaction with Plants to Alleviate Abiotic Stress

Title:Plant Growth Promoting Endophytes and their Interaction with Plants to Alleviate Abiotic Stress

Volume: 6 Issue: 3

Author(s): Sandhya Vardharajula*, Ali SkZ, Sai Shiva Krishna Prasad Vurukonda and Manjari Shrivastava

Affiliation:

• Department of Microbiology, Agri Biotech Foundation, PJTS Agricultural University Campus, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad – 500030, Telangana State,India

Keywords: Plant-Endophyte-interaction, plant growth promotion, biocontrol, mitigation, abiotic stress, biofertilizer.

Abstract: Background: There is a growing interest in utilizing endophytes as biofertilizers or biological controls. Beneficial effects may be obtained by synthesizing phytohormones, enzymes and antagonistic substances, fixing nitrogen and carbon dioxide, inducing defence mechanisms and competing colonizing sites and nutrients. Endophytes enhance plant growth and health through plant growth promoting rhizobacteria. Endophytes enter plant tissues through root zone or aerial portions, via germinating radicles, secondary roots, stomata, or foliar route. Endophyte-plant-polymer degrading enzymes such as cellulases and pectinases play a role for their internal colonization and can be detected by immunological or in situ hybridization or tagging with reporter genes. Endophytes interact biochemically and genetically with their host plant and synthesize osmolytes, osmoprotectants, antioxidants, allowing the plants to mitigate the impacts of abiotic stress. Plant genes are modulated by endophyte, and the genes so expressed provide clues as to the effects of endophytes in plants.

Cite this article as:

Vardharajula Sandhya*, SkZ Ali, Krishna Prasad Vurukonda Shiva Sai and Shrivastava Manjari , Plant Growth Promoting Endophytes and their Interaction with Plants to Alleviate Abiotic Stress, Current Biotechnology 2017; 6 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2211550106666161226154619