Fungal endophyte association with Brachiaria grasses and its influence on plant water status, total non-structural carbohydrates and biomass production under drought stress

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Tasmaniaen
cg.contributor.crpLivestock and Fishen
cg.coverage.regionLatin Americaen
cg.creator.identifierIdupulapati M. Rao: 0000-0002-8381-9358en
cg.creator.identifierJuan Andrés Cardoso Arango: 0000-0002-0252-4655en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-2947-5en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0032-079Xen
cg.issue1en
cg.journalPlant and Soilen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriFORAGESen
cg.volume409en
dc.contributor.authorOdokonyero, Kennedyen
dc.contributor.authorAcuña, Tina Botwrighten
dc.contributor.authorCardoso Arango, Juan Andrésen
dc.contributor.authorJiménez Serna, Juan de la Cruzen
dc.contributor.authorRao, Idupulapati M.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-21T16:30:22Zen
dc.date.available2016-06-21T16:30:22Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/75773
dc.titleFungal endophyte association with Brachiaria grasses and its influence on plant water status, total non-structural carbohydrates and biomass production under drought stressen
dcterms.abstractAims: The main aim was to evaluate the effect of endophytic association of Sarocladium implicatum on drought responses of Brachiaria grass cultivars under greenhouse conditions. We tested the hypothesis that endophyte association with Brachiaria improves tolerance to drought stress by maintaining plant water status and increasing dry matter content (DMC), total nonstructural carbohydrate (NSC) contents and biomass. Methods: Five Brachiaria cultivars were grown in a greenhouse for 54 days, with (E+) and without (E-) endophyte under well-watered (WW) and droughts tressed (DS) conditions. Plant water status (measured as relative water content of leaf, RWC), leaf DMC, NSC contents and biomass were determined. Results: Endophyte association significantly increased leaf RWC but reduced DMC and biomass under DS. Endophyte reduced NSC contents under WW condition in one cultivar and reduced shoot, root and total biomass in another cultivar under DS. Effects of endophyte on response variables depended on cultivar and water regime, with significant interactions of these factors. Conclusions: Our results support the hypothesis that endophyte association improves plant water status by increasing RWC under DS. However, endophyte-induced reduction in plant attributes like DMC, NSC and biomass presents metabolic costs to host plants which could negatively affect forage quality and yield.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.available2016-06-22en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationOdokonyero, Kennedy; Acuña, Tina Botwright; Cardoso, Juan Andrés; Jimenez, Juan de la Cruz; Rao, Idupulapati Madhusudana. 2016. Fungal endophyte association with Brachiaria grasses and its influence on plant water status, total non-structural carbohydrates and biomass production under drought stress. Plant and Soil 409(1):273-282.en
dcterms.extent273-282en
dcterms.issued2016-12en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectabiotic stressen
dcterms.subjectacremoniumen
dcterms.subjectsarocladiumen
dcterms.subjecttropical foragesen
dcterms.subjectendophytesen
dcterms.subjectdrought stressen
dcterms.subjectestrés abióticoen
dcterms.subjectendofitasen
dcterms.subjectestrés de sequiaen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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