Abstract
AIMS: This study aimed to identify endophytic fungi from Anthemis altissima, Matricaria parthenium, Cichorium intybus, Achillea millefolium, and A. filipendulina with plant-promoting ability on the ZP684 maize hybrid-cultivar. METHODS AND RESULTS: Plants were collected from northeast-Iran and endophytic fungi were isolated and identified using partial large subunit nrDNA, internal transcribed spacer, translation elongation factor, and β-tubulin genetic markers. Endophytic fungi that improved seed germination were studied under greenhouse conditions. Ninety-seven endophytic fungi were identified. Preussia africana, Bjerkandera adusta, Schizophyllum commune, Alternaria embellisia, Trichaptum biforme, Septoria malagutii, A. consortiale, Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium avenacearum, and Trametes versicolor significantly improved seed-germination. Alternaria consortiale produced the highest level of indole-3-acetic acid-like compounds and maize growth-promoting. CONCLUSIONS: Plant fungal colonization frequency increased with orthometric height. Sampling location Chahar Bagh at 2230 m contained the most endophytic fungi. Fusarium and Alternaria were the most frequently isolated endophytic genera. Therefore, medicinal plants are potential hosts for endophytic fungi that may be suitable biofertilizer agents in agriculture. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This study helps to better understand the ecosystem functions by investigating of endophytic fungi distribution under different ecological conditions. Finding effective isolates among these microorganisms with a suitable plant-promoting ability on crops may help to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers in an agroecosystem.
Abstract from the paper’s OpenAlex record, shown for indexing and research. Copyright remains with the authors or the publisher. Read at the source ↗
The text the model read, with the source record’s inline markup (italics, sub- and superscripts) rendered and its character entities decoded; quote offsets refer to the raw text.
Claims 16
Claim · model-written summary
Ninety-seven endophytic fungi were identified.
Verbatim
e0“Ninety-seven endophytic fungi were identified”
t0“medicinal plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Preussia africana significantly improved maize germination.
- Interactor
- Preussia africanaSporormiella africanae0symbiont
- Outcome
- seed-germinatione0
- Direction
- improvede0
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Preussia africana, Bjerkandera adusta, Schizophyllum commune, Alternaria embellisia, Trichaptum biforme, Septoria malagutii, A. consortiale, Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium avenacearum, and Trametes versicolor significantly improved seed-germination”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Bjerkandera adusta significantly improved maize germination.
- Interactor
- Bjerkandera adusta
Bjerkandera adustae0symbiont - Outcome
- seed-germinatione0
- Direction
- improvede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Preussia africana, Bjerkandera adusta, Schizophyllum commune, Alternaria embellisia, Trichaptum biforme, Septoria malagutii, A. consortiale, Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium avenacearum, and Trametes versicolor significantly improved seed-germination”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Schizophyllum commune significantly improved maize germination.
- Interactor
- Schizophyllum commune
.jpg?width=60)
Schizophyllum communee0symbiont - Outcome
- seed-germinatione0
- Direction
- improvede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e0“Preussia africana, Bjerkandera adusta, Schizophyllum commune, Alternaria embellisia, Trichaptum biforme, Septoria malagutii, A. consortiale, Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium avenacearum, and Trametes versicolor significantly improved seed-germination”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Alternaria embellisia significantly improved maize germination.
- Interactor
- Alternaria embellisiaAlternaria embellisiae0symbiont
- Outcome
- seed-germinatione0
- Direction
- improvede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Preussia africana, Bjerkandera adusta, Schizophyllum commune, Alternaria embellisia, Trichaptum biforme, Septoria malagutii, A. consortiale, Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium avenacearum, and Trametes versicolor significantly improved seed-germination”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Trichaptum biforme significantly improved maize germination.
- Interactor
- Trichaptum biformePallidohirschioporus biformise0symbiont
- Outcome
- seed-germinatione0
- Direction
- improvede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Preussia africana, Bjerkandera adusta, Schizophyllum commune, Alternaria embellisia, Trichaptum biforme, Septoria malagutii, A. consortiale, Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium avenacearum, and Trametes versicolor significantly improved seed-germination”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Septoria malagutii significantly improved maize germination.
- Interactor
- Septoria malagutiiSeptoria malagutiie0symbiont
- Outcome
- seed-germinatione0
- Direction
- improvede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Preussia africana, Bjerkandera adusta, Schizophyllum commune, Alternaria embellisia, Trichaptum biforme, Septoria malagutii, A. consortiale, Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium avenacearum, and Trametes versicolor significantly improved seed-germination”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
A. consortiale significantly improved maize germination.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Preussia africana, Bjerkandera adusta, Schizophyllum commune, Alternaria embellisia, Trichaptum biforme, Septoria malagutii, A. consortiale, Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium avenacearum, and Trametes versicolor significantly improved seed-germination”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Verticillium dahliae significantly improved maize germination.
- Interactor
- Verticillium dahliae
Verticillium dahliaee0symbiont - Outcome
- seed-germinatione0
- Direction
- improvede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Preussia africana, Bjerkandera adusta, Schizophyllum commune, Alternaria embellisia, Trichaptum biforme, Septoria malagutii, A. consortiale, Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium avenacearum, and Trametes versicolor significantly improved seed-germination”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Fusarium avenacearum significantly improved maize germination.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Preussia africana, Bjerkandera adusta, Schizophyllum commune, Alternaria embellisia, Trichaptum biforme, Septoria malagutii, A. consortiale, Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium avenacearum, and Trametes versicolor significantly improved seed-germination”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Trametes versicolor significantly improved maize germination.
- Interactor
- Trametes versicolor
Trametes versicolore0symbiont - Outcome
- seed-germinatione0
- Direction
- improvede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Preussia africana, Bjerkandera adusta, Schizophyllum commune, Alternaria embellisia, Trichaptum biforme, Septoria malagutii, A. consortiale, Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium avenacearum, and Trametes versicolor significantly improved seed-germination”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Alternaria consortiale produced the highest indole-3-acetic acid-like compounds.
- Interactor
- Alternaria consortialee0symbiont
- Outcome
- indole-3-acetic acid-like compoundse0
- Direction
- higheste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Alternaria consortiale produced the highest level of indole-3-acetic acid-like compounds and maize growth-promoting”
Claim · model-written summary
Alternaria consortiale promoted maize growth.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Alternaria consortiale produced the highest level of indole-3-acetic acid-like compounds and maize growth-promoting”
Claim · model-written summary
Medicinal plant fungal colonization increased with elevation.
Verbatim
e0“Plant fungal colonization frequency increased with orthometric height”
t0“medicinal plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Chahar Bagh at 2230 m had the most endophytic fungi.
Verbatim
e0“Sampling location Chahar Bagh at 2230 m contained the most endophytic fungi”
t0“medicinal plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Fusarium and Alternaria were the most frequently isolated endophytic genera.
- Taxon
- medicinal plantst0
- Second interactor
- Alternaria
Alternariae0symbiont - Outcome
- most frequently isolated endophytic generae0
FusariumOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fusarium and Alternaria were the most frequently isolated endophytic genera”
t0“medicinal plants”