Book contents
- Endophytes for a Growing World
- Endophytes for a Growing World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Role of Endophytes in Growth and Biotic and Abiotic Stress Resistance
- Part III Diversity and Community Ecology of Endophytes
- Part IV Endophytes for Novel Biomolecules and In Vitro Methods
- 13 Endophytic Fungi: A Quintessential Source of Potential Bioactive Compounds
- 14 Enhancing Secondary Metabolite Production in Medicinal Plants Using Endophytic Elicitors: A Case Study of Centella asiatica (Apiaceae) and Asiaticoside
- 15 In Vitro Methods for Plant–Microbe Interaction and Biocontrol Studies in European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.)
- Part V Application and Commercialisation of Endophytes in Crop Production
- Index
- References
15 - In Vitro Methods for Plant–Microbe Interaction and Biocontrol Studies in European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.)
from Part IV - Endophytes for Novel Biomolecules and In Vitro Methods
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 April 2019
- Endophytes for a Growing World
- Endophytes for a Growing World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Role of Endophytes in Growth and Biotic and Abiotic Stress Resistance
- Part III Diversity and Community Ecology of Endophytes
- Part IV Endophytes for Novel Biomolecules and In Vitro Methods
- 13 Endophytic Fungi: A Quintessential Source of Potential Bioactive Compounds
- 14 Enhancing Secondary Metabolite Production in Medicinal Plants Using Endophytic Elicitors: A Case Study of Centella asiatica (Apiaceae) and Asiaticoside
- 15 In Vitro Methods for Plant–Microbe Interaction and Biocontrol Studies in European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.)
- Part V Application and Commercialisation of Endophytes in Crop Production
- Index
- References
Summary
In vitro tissue culture systems are required for plant–microbe interaction studies on European ash, Fraxinus excelsior. Methods are needed for plant micropropagation and for physiological experimentation including pathogen/resistance testing and biocontrol studies. For example, systems are required for experiments on ash dieback disease, caused by the ascomycete fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, that is killing ash plantations and natural populations across its native range. Methods are also needed to optimise the number of endophytes cultured from ash tissue and to taxonomically identify them. We present endophyte isolation protocols and media for ash, provide an optimised DNA barcoding procedure for endophyte identification and describe in vitro tissue culture methods suitable for ash–microbe interaction studies in both roots and shoots. Methods for both embryo culture and seed culture (with precutting) and for the bulking up of genotypes via single node culture are outlined. We also discuss the potential of tissue culture for establishing microbe/endophyte-free cultures.
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- Endophytes for a Growing World , pp. 328 - 340Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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