novel method to scale up fungal endophyte isolations

• Published in: Biocontrol science and technology Vol. 25; no. 10; pp. 1208 - 1212
• Main Authors: Greenfield, Melinda, Pareja, Reynaldo, Ortiz, Viviana, Gómez-Jiménez, María I, Vega, Fernando E, Parsa, Soroush
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2015
• Subjects: biological control; containers; endophytes; fungi; leaves; plant tissues; roots; sampling; seedlings; stems

Studies involving fungal endophytes very often rely on surface-sterilisation of plant samples to enable endophyte isolations. However, surface-sterilisation can be very time-consuming, potentially limiting the number of samples processed. To overcome this limitation, a novel method was developed to...