Seed endophytic microbiota in a coastal plant and phytobeneficial properties of the fungus Cladosporium cladosporioides

TL;DR: This was the first ever use of HTS technology for investigating the endophytic bacterial diversity and community structures in seeds of genetically related maize genotypes, it was shown that, there were core microbes shared among all genotypes of seed samples, and the female parental line was more significant to impact on the composition of their hybrid seeds than male parental line.

TL;DR: Hyperaccumulator A. alpina growing in metals contaminated soils was colonized by a diverse assemblage of endophytic fungi, and the EC played a key role in increasing host plants metal tolerance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the impact of carbon-based nanomaterials (CNMs) exposure on the composition of the rice endophyte community and found that fungal endophytes were sensitive to CNM exposure even at 10 mg L−1 CNM exposures; the community composition at different levels (phylum, class, and genus) in the 250 mg l−1 MWCNT and C60 treatments were significantly altered as compared to the control.

TL;DR: The resulting seed biologicals can be harnessed for sustainable agricultural approaches by improving stress tolerance and resilience of modern crops and based on the rich diversity of seeds of wild ancestors or other native plants.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss evidence that upon pathogen or insect attack, plants are able to recruit protective microorganisms, and enhance microbial activity to suppress pathogens in the rhizosphere.

TL;DR: Methodology is described to characterize and compare soil- and root-inhabiting bacterial communities, which reveals not only a function for metabolically active plant cells but also for inert cell-wall features in the selection of soil bacteria for host colonization.

TL;DR: This review addresses the concept of endophytism, considering the latest insights into evolution, plant ecosystem functioning, and multipartite interactions.

TL;DR: Three new primers are described - fITS7, gITS7 and fITS9 - which may be used to amplify the fungal ITS2 region by targeting sites in the 5.8S encoding gene and yielded more diverse amplicon communities than the ITS1f primer.