Is a fully established arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis required for a bioprotection of Pisum sativum roots against Aphanomyces euteiches?

Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2000 Feb;13(2):238-41. doi: 10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.2.238.

Abstract

Bioprotection of pea roots against Aphanomyces euteiches by the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus G. mosseae was demonstrated to depend on a fully established symbiosis. This was related with induction of mycorrrhiza-related chitinolytic enzymes. Possible mechanisms implicated in bioprotection are discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chitinases / biosynthesis
  • Fungi / physiology
  • Genotype
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / biosynthesis
  • Mutation
  • Oomycetes / pathogenicity*
  • Pisum sativum / genetics
  • Pisum sativum / microbiology*
  • Plant Roots / microbiology
  • Symbiosis / genetics

Substances

  • Glycoside Hydrolases
  • chitosanase
  • Chitinases