Epichloë Endophyte-Promoted Seed Pathogen Increases Host Grass Resistance Against Insect Herbivory

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Laihonen, Miika, Saikkonen, Kari, Helander, Marjo, Vázquez de Aldana, Beatriz R., Zabalgogeazcoa, Iñigo, Fuchs, Benjamin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: Microbiology; Kevo; Northern Finland; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8787217/; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.786619

Plants host taxonomically and functionally complex communities of microbes. However, ecological studies on plant–microbe interactions rarely address the role of multiple co-occurring plant-associated microbes. Here, we contend that plant-associated microbes interact with each other and can have join...