Coffee-Associated Endophytes: Plant Growth Promotion and Crop Protection

Plant Growth Promotion by Endophytic Bacteria in Nonnative Crop Hosts

Studies highlighting the colonization and plant growth-promoting ability of endophytic bacteria inoculated into nonnative plant hosts reviewed and presented in this chapter. Endophytic bacteria, especially those related to the genus Bacillus, Burkholderia, Enterobacter, Gluconacetobacter, Herbaspirillum, Paenibacillus, Pseudomonas have been reported to form endophytic colonies in roots and shoo...

An In vitro Study of Bio-Control and Plant Growth Promotion Potential of Salicaceae Endophytes

Microbial communities in the endosphere of Salicaceae plants, poplar (Populus trichocarpa) and willow (Salix sitchensis), have been demonstrated to be important for plant growth promotion, protection from biotic and abiotic stresses, and degradation of toxic compounds. Our study aimed to investigate bio-control activities of Salicaceae endophytes against various soil borne plant pathogens inclu...

Plant growth promotion in cereal and leguminous agricultural important plants: from microorganism capacities to crop production.

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are free-living bacteria which actively colonize plant roots, exerting beneficial effects on plant development. The PGPR may (i) promote the plant growth either by using their own metabolism (solubilizing phosphates, producing hormones or fixing nitrogen) or directly affecting the plant metabolism (increasing the uptake of water and minerals), enhanci...

CROP PROTECTION PROGRAMME Promotion of current knowledge on pests of coffee in East Africa R8513 (ZA0726) FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT

Fungal endophytes in green coffee seeds

Green coffee seeds from Colombia, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico and Vietnam were sampled for the presence of fungal endophytes. Stions of surface sterilized seeds were plated on yeast malt agar, and fungal growth was isolated for subsequent DNA extraction and sequencing. Several fungal genera were isolated, including Acremonium, Aspergillus, Eurotium, Fusarium, Gibberel...