Chemical ecology: Bacteria–fungi interaction for plant biocontrol

Author(s):
Kovács, Á.T.
Published
2024
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

Secondary metabolites mediate a broad variety of interactions between bacteria and fungi. Testing two plant growth-promoting microorganisms, a rhizobacterium and an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, a new study reveals their chemical interaction and an enhanced systemic induction of plant immunity.

Date issued
2024-11-04
Language
English
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Is part of
Current Biology (2024), Vol. 34, no. 21, p. 1083-1085
hdl
1887/4172961
doi
10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.071