Seed fungal endophytes as biostimulants and biocontrol agents to improve seed performance

Frontiers in Plant Science

Plant Science

Kevin Calabro¹  Soizic Prado¹  Caroline Kunz²  Clémence Duval³  Félix Rétif⁴  Emmanuel Baudouin⁴  Christophe Bailly⁴ 

[1] Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Micro-organismes, UMR 7245, Paris, France;Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Micro-organismes, UMR 7245, Paris, France;Sorbonne Université, Faculté des Sciences et Ingénierie, UFR 927, Paris, France;Seedlab, Novalliance, Zone Anjou Actiparc, Longué-Jumelles, France;Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR7622, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine-Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement (IBPS-LBD), Paris, France;

关键词: seeds;    fungal endophytes;    germination;    stress tolerance;    bio-stimulant;    biocontrol;    fungal metabolites;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpls.2023.1260292

 received in 2023-07-18, accepted in 2023-10-12,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Seed germination is a major determinant of plant development and final yield establishment but strongly reliant on the plant’s abiotic and biotic environment. In the context of global climate change, classical approaches to improve seed germination under challenging environments through selection and use of synthetic pesticides reached their limits. A currently underexplored way is to exploit the beneficial impact of the microorganisms associated with plants. Among plant microbiota, endophytes, which are micro-organisms living inside host plant tissues without causing any visible symptoms, are promising candidates for improving plant fitness. They possibly establish a mutualistic relationship with their host, leading to enhanced plant yield and improved tolerance to abiotic threats and pathogen attacks. The current view is that such beneficial association relies on chemical mediations using the large variety of molecules produced by endophytes. In contrast to leaf and root endophytes, seed-borne fungal endophytes have been poorly studied although they constitute the early-life plant microbiota. Moreover, seed-borne fungal microbiota and its metabolites appear as a pertinent lever for seed quality improvement. This review summarizes the recent advances in the identification of seed fungal endophytes and metabolites and their benefits for seed biology, especially under stress. It also addresses the mechanisms underlying fungal effects on seed physiology and their potential use to improve crop seed performance.’

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