Abstract
Endophytes contribute to plant performance, especially under harsh conditions. We therefore hypothesized that wild plants have retained beneficial endophytes that are less abundant or not present in related crop plants. To test this hypothesis, we selected two endophytes that were found in Sharon goatgrass, an ancestor of wheat, and tested their effect on bread wheat. Both endophytes infected wheat and improved sustainability and performance under water-limited conditions. To determine how the endophytes modify plant development, we measured parameters of plant growth and physiological status and performed a comparative metabolomics analysis. Endophyte-treated wheat plants had reduced levels of stress damage markers and reduced accumulation of stress-adaptation metabolites. Metabolomics profiling revealed significant differences in the response to water stress of endophyte-treated plants compared with untreated plants. Our results demonstrate the potential of endophytes from wild plants for improvement of related crops and show that the beneficial effects of two endophytes are associated with alteration of physiological responses to water-limited conditions.
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Claim · model-written summary
Both selected endophytes infected wheat.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Interactor
- endophytese0symbiont
- Outcome
- infected wheate0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Both endophytes infected wheat”
t0“Endophytes from wild cereals protect wheat plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Both endophytes improved wheat sustainability and performance under water-limited conditions.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- Endophyte-treatede1
- Interactor
- endophytese0symbiont
- Outcome
- sustainability and performancee0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Qualifier
- water-limited conditionse0
- Comparator
- untreated plantse2
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Verbatim
e0“Both endophytes infected wheat and improved sustainability and performance under water-limited conditions”
e1“Endophyte-treated wheat plants”
e2“compared with untreated plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Endophyte-treated wheat had reduced levels of stress damage markers.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- Endophyte-treatede0
- Interactor
- Endophytee0symbiont
- Outcome
- levels of stress damage markerse0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- untreated plantse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Endophyte-treated wheat plants had reduced levels of stress damage markers and reduced accumulation of stress-adaptation metabolites”
e1“compared with untreated plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Endophyte-treated wheat had reduced accumulation of stress-adaptation metabolites.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- Endophyte-treatede0
- Interactor
- Endophytee0symbiont
- Outcome
- accumulation of stress-adaptation metabolitese0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- untreated plantse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Endophyte-treated wheat plants had reduced levels of stress damage markers and reduced accumulation of stress-adaptation metabolites”
e1“compared with untreated plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Metabolomic responses to water stress differed significantly between endophyte-treated and untreated wheat.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- endophyte-treatede0
- Interactor
- endophytee0symbiont
- Outcome
- response to water stresse0
- Comparator
- untreated plantse0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Metabolomics profiling revealed significant differences in the response to water stress of endophyte-treated plants compared with untreated plants”
e1“wheat plants”
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