Improvement in the physiological and biochemical performance of strawberries under drought stress through symbiosis with Antarctic fungal endophytes

Strawberry is one of the most widely consumed fruit, but this crop is highly susceptible to drought, a condition strongly associated with climate change, causing economic losses due to the lower product quality. In this context, plant root-associated fungi emerge as a new and novel strategy to impro...

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Published in:Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors: Morales-Quintana, Luis, Moya, Mario, Santelices-Moya, Rómulo, Cabrera-Ariza, Antonio, Rabert, Claudia, Pollmann, Stephan, Ramos, Patricio
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9453553/
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:9453553 2023-05-15T13:54:00+02:00 Improvement in the physiological and biochemical performance of strawberries under drought stress through symbiosis with Antarctic fungal endophytes Morales-Quintana, Luis Moya, Mario Santelices-Moya, Rómulo Cabrera-Ariza, Antonio Rabert, Claudia Pollmann, Stephan Ramos, Patricio 2022-08-25 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9453553/ https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.939955 en eng Frontiers Media S.A. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9453553/ http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.939955 Copyright © 2022 Morales-Quintana, Moya, Santelices-Moya, Cabrera-Ariza, Rabert, Pollmann and Ramos. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. CC-BY Front Microbiol Microbiology Text 2022 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.939955 2022-09-11T01:03:24Z Strawberry is one of the most widely consumed fruit, but this crop is highly susceptible to drought, a condition strongly associated with climate change, causing economic losses due to the lower product quality. In this context, plant root-associated fungi emerge as a new and novel strategy to improve crop performance under water-deficiency stress. This study aimed to investigate the supplementation of two Antarctic vascular plant-associated fungal endophytes, Penicillium brevicompactum and Penicillium chrysogenum, in strawberry plants to develop an efficient, effective, and ecologically sustainable approach for the improvement of plant performance under drought stress. The symbiotic association of fungal endophytes with strawberry roots resulted in a greater shoot and root biomass production, higher fruit number, and an enhanced plant survival rate under water-limiting conditions. Inoculation with fungal endophytes provokes higher photosynthetic efficiency, lower lipid peroxidation, a modulation in antioxidant enzymatic activity, and increased proline content in strawberry plants under drought stress. In conclusion, promoting beneficial symbiosis between plants and endophytes can be an eco-friendly strategy to cope with drought and help to mitigate the impact of diverse negative effects of climate change on crop production. Text Antarc* Antarctic PubMed Central (PMC) Antarctic Frontiers in Microbiology 13
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Rabert, Claudia
Pollmann, Stephan
Ramos, Patricio
Improvement in the physiological and biochemical performance of strawberries under drought stress through symbiosis with Antarctic fungal endophytes
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description Strawberry is one of the most widely consumed fruit, but this crop is highly susceptible to drought, a condition strongly associated with climate change, causing economic losses due to the lower product quality. In this context, plant root-associated fungi emerge as a new and novel strategy to improve crop performance under water-deficiency stress. This study aimed to investigate the supplementation of two Antarctic vascular plant-associated fungal endophytes, Penicillium brevicompactum and Penicillium chrysogenum, in strawberry plants to develop an efficient, effective, and ecologically sustainable approach for the improvement of plant performance under drought stress. The symbiotic association of fungal endophytes with strawberry roots resulted in a greater shoot and root biomass production, higher fruit number, and an enhanced plant survival rate under water-limiting conditions. Inoculation with fungal endophytes provokes higher photosynthetic efficiency, lower lipid peroxidation, a modulation in antioxidant enzymatic activity, and increased proline content in strawberry plants under drought stress. In conclusion, promoting beneficial symbiosis between plants and endophytes can be an eco-friendly strategy to cope with drought and help to mitigate the impact of diverse negative effects of climate change on crop production.
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author Morales-Quintana, Luis
Moya, Mario
Santelices-Moya, Rómulo
Cabrera-Ariza, Antonio
Rabert, Claudia
Pollmann, Stephan
Ramos, Patricio
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Cabrera-Ariza, Antonio
Rabert, Claudia
Pollmann, Stephan
Ramos, Patricio
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title Improvement in the physiological and biochemical performance of strawberries under drought stress through symbiosis with Antarctic fungal endophytes
title_short Improvement in the physiological and biochemical performance of strawberries under drought stress through symbiosis with Antarctic fungal endophytes
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