Functional roles of microbial symbionts in plant cold tolerance

• Published in: Ecology Letters
• Main Authors: Acuña Rodríguez, Ian S., Newsham, Kevin K., Gundel, Pedro Emilio, Torres Díaz, Cristian, Molina Montenegro, Marco A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAS; BACTERIA; COLD STRESS; ENDOPHYTES; FREEZING; FUNGI; SYMBIOSIS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentina; Molina; Acuña; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/177578

In this review, we examine the functional roles of microbial symbionts in plant tolerance to cold and freezing stresses. The impacts of symbionts on antioxidant activity, hormonal signaling and host osmotic balance are described, including the effects of the bacterial endosymbionts Burkholderia, Pse...