SynthesisThe New phytologist2021
Fungal endophytes can eliminate the plant growth-defence trade-off.
Synthesis in The New phytologist, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.
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- Water Deficit Does Not Compromise the Resistance to Insect Herbivores in Plants Associated With Fungal Endophytes Able to Produce Bioactive Alkaloids.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Article
- Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Dominate Over Maternally Inherited Epichloë Endophytes in Controlling Rhizosphere Processes and Pathogen Resistance.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Article
- Application Method Determines Effects ofInsects · 2026Article
- AM fungus plant colonization rather than an Epichloë endophyte attracts fall armyworm feeding.Mycorrhiza · 2025Article
- Reduced seed viability in exchange for transgenerational plant protection in an endophyte-symbiotic grass: does the defensive mutualism concept pass the fitness test?Annals of botany · 2024Article
- Role of the Foliar EndophyteMicroorganisms · 2024Article
- Root Endophytic Microorganisms Contribute to the Attribute of Full-Year Shooting in Woody BambooMicroorganisms · 2024Article
- From trade-off to synergy: microbial insights into enhancing plant growth and immunity.Plant biotechnology journal · 2024Review
- Low microbial diversity, yeast prevalence, and nematode-trapping fungal presence in fungal colonization and leaf microbiome of Serjania erecta.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Anti-herbivory defences delivered by Epichloë fungal endophytes: a quantitative review of alkaloid concentration variation among hosts and plant parts.Annals of botany · 2024Review
- High-throughput sequencing-based analysis of the composition and diversity of the endophyte community in roots of Stellera chamaejasme.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Current Scenario and Future Prospects of Endophytic Microbes: Promising Candidates for Abiotic and Biotic Stress Management for Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability.Microbial ecology · 2023Review
- Beauveria bassiana rewires molecular mechanisms related to growth and defense in tomato.Journal of experimental botany · 2023Article
- Microscope studies of symptomless growth ofPlant pathology · 2023Article
- Plant stress responses compromise mutualisms with Epichloë endophytes.Journal of experimental botany · 2023Article
- Environmental interference of plant-microbe interactions.Plant, cell & environment · 2022Review
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- Into a dilemma of plants: the antagonism between chemical defenses and growth.Plant molecular biology · 2022Review
- How and when fungal endophytes can eliminate the plant growth-defence trade-off: mechanistic perspectives.The New phytologist · 2022Article
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Abstract
A trade-off between growth and defence functions is commonly observed in plants. We propose that the association of plants with Epichloë fungal endophytes may eliminate this trade-off. This would be a consequence of the double role of these endophytes in host plants: the stimulation of plant growth hormones (e.g. gibberellins) and the fungal production of antiherbivore alkaloids. We put forward a model that integrates this dual effect of endophytes on plant growth and defence and test its predictions by means of meta-analysis of published literature. Our results support the notion that the enhanced plant resistance promoted by endophytes does not compromise plant growth. The limits and ecological benefits of this endophyte-mediated lack of plant growth-defence trade-off are discussed.
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