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Table 11.2 Summary of the main mechanisms that affect the nutrient absorption by endophyteinfected plants
Mechanism of
action
Endophyte species
Plant host
Reference
Plant root growth
promotion
Trichoderma sp.
–
Harman et al.
(2004)
Neotyphodium
coenophialum
Festuca arundinacea
Schreb
Assuero et al.
(2006)
Chaetosphaeronema sp.
Poa pratensis L.
Lledó et al. (2015)
Chaetosphaeronema sp.
Trifolium subterraneum L. Lledó et al. (2016)
Sordaria fimicola
Trifolium subterraneum L. Lledó et al. (2016)
Epiccocum nigrum
Trifolium subterraneum L. Lledó et al. (2016)
Epichloë festucae
Lolium perenne L.
Soto-Barajas et al.
(2016)
Beauveria bassiana
Quercus rubra L.
Ferus et al. (2019)
Production of
siderophores
Trichoderma harzianum –
Altomare et al.
(1999)
Phialocephala fortinii
–
Bartholdy et al.
(2001)
Epichloë festucae
Lolium perenne L.
Johnson et al.
(2013)
Interaction with
rhizospheric
microorganisms
Neotyphodium occultans Lolium multiflorum L.
Omacini et al.
(2006)
Neotyphodium
coenophialum
Festuca arundinacea
Schreb
Antunes et al. 2008
Neotyphodium lolii
Lolium perenne L.
Liu et al. (2011)
Nutrient
interception via
hyphae
Heteroconium
chaetospira
Brassica rapa ssp.
pekinensis (Lour.) Hanelt
Usuki and
Narisawa (2007)
Piriformospora indica
Zea mays L.
Yadav et al. (2010)
Phialocephala fortinii
–
Newsham (2011)
Metarhizium sp.
Phaseolus vulgaris L.;
Panicum virgatum L.;
Glycine max L.
Behie and
Bidochka, (2014)
Colletotrichum tofieldiae
Serendipita indica
Arabidopsis thaliana L.
Hiruma et al.
(2016);
Almario et al.
(2017)
Curvularia geniculata
Cajanus cajan L.
Priyadharsini and
Muthukumar
(2017)
Release of root
exudates
Neotyphodium
coenophialum
Festuca arundinacea
Schreb
Malinowski et al.
(1998)
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