Hyphal Growth and Conidia Germination Are Induced by Phytohormones in the Root Colonizing and Plant Growth Promoting Fungus Metarhizium guizhouense
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Growth Conditions
2.2. Collecting Conidia
2.3. Evaluation of Sorghum Growth Promotion by Metarhizium
2.4. Sorghum Root Colonization by M. guizhouense
2.5. Phytohormone Assay
2.6. Microscopic Analysis
2.7. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Metarhizium guizhouense HA11-2 Is a Growth Promoter and Root Colonizer of Sorghum
3.2. Phytohormones Induce Germination of Metarhizium guizhouense HA11-2
3.3. Phytohormones Induce the Growth of M. guizhouense HA11-2 Hyphae
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Piña-Torres, I.H.; Dávila-Berumen, F.; González-Hernández, G.A.; Torres-Guzmán, J.C.; Padilla-Guerrero, I.E. Hyphal Growth and Conidia Germination Are Induced by Phytohormones in the Root Colonizing and Plant Growth Promoting Fungus Metarhizium guizhouense. J. Fungi 2023, 9, 945. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9090945
Piña-Torres IH, Dávila-Berumen F, González-Hernández GA, Torres-Guzmán JC, Padilla-Guerrero IE. Hyphal Growth and Conidia Germination Are Induced by Phytohormones in the Root Colonizing and Plant Growth Promoting Fungus Metarhizium guizhouense. Journal of Fungi. 2023; 9(9):945. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9090945
Chicago/Turabian StylePiña-Torres, Iván Horacio, Fabiola Dávila-Berumen, Gloria Angélica González-Hernández, Juan Carlos Torres-Guzmán, and Israel Enrique Padilla-Guerrero. 2023. "Hyphal Growth and Conidia Germination Are Induced by Phytohormones in the Root Colonizing and Plant Growth Promoting Fungus Metarhizium guizhouense" Journal of Fungi 9, no. 9: 945. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9090945