Microbial Root Endophytes

✍ Scribed by Barbara Schulz, Christine Boyle (auth.), PD Dr. Barbara J. E. Schulz, Dr. Christine J. C. Boyle, Dr. Thomas N. Sieber (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 387
• Series: Soil Biology 9
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Plant roots may not only be colonized by mycorrhizal fungi, but also by a myriad of bacterial and fungal root endophytes that are usually not considered by the investigators of classic symbioses. This is the first book dedicated to the interactions of non-mycorrhizal microbial endophytes with plant roots.

The phenotypes of these interactions can be extremely plastic, depending on environmental factors, nutritional status, genetic disposition and developmental stages of the two partners. The book deals with diversity, life history strategies, interactions, applications in agriculture and forestry, methods for isolation, cultivation, and both conventional and molecular methods for identification and detection of these endophytes. The comprehensive reviews demonstrate the high diversity of interactions and will provoke further studies to better understand the mechanisms which determine whether a plant-microbial interaction remains asymptomatic, leads to disease or to a mutualistic interaction.

✦ Table of Contents

What are Endophytes?....Pages 1-13
Spectrum and Population Dynamics of Bacterial Root Endophytes....Pages 15-31
Bacterial Endophytes as Elicitors of Induced Systemic Resistance....Pages 33-52
Control of Plant Pathogenic Fungi with Bacterial Endophytes....Pages 53-69
Role of Proteins Secreted by Rhizobia in Symbiotic Interactions with Leguminous Roots....Pages 71-87
Research on Endophytic Bacteria: Recent Advances with Forest Trees....Pages 89-106
Biodiversity of Fungal Root-Endophyte Communities and Populations, in Particular of the Dark Septate Endophyte Phialocephala fortinii s. l.....Pages 107-132
Endophytic Root Colonization by Fusarium Species: Histology, Plant Interactions, and Toxicity....Pages 133-152
Microbial Endophytes of Orchid Roots....Pages 153-177
Fungal Endophytes in Submerged Roots....Pages 179-190
Nematophagous Fungi as Root Endophytes....Pages 191-206
Molecular Diversity and Ecological Roles of Mycorrhiza-Associated Sterile Fungal Endophytes in Mediterranean Ecosystems....Pages 207-226
Oidiodendron maius : Saprobe in Sphagnum Peat, Mutualist in Ericaceous Roots?....Pages 227-246
Mycorrhizal and Endophytic Fungi of Epacrids (Ericaceae)....Pages 247-260
Mutualistic Interactions with Fungal Root Endophytes....Pages 261-279
Understanding the Roles of Multifunctional Mycorrhizal and Endophytic Fungi....Pages 281-298
Isolation Procedures for Endophytic Microorganisms....Pages 299-319
Microbial Interactions with Plants: a Hidden World?....Pages 321-336
Application of Molecular Fingerprinting Techniques to Explore the Diversity of Bacterial Endophytic Communities....Pages 337-354

✦ Subjects

Microbial Ecology; Plant Sciences; Microbiology; Agriculture; Biodiversity