Claim · #6492699
Fungi (kingdom) · facilitation · Plantae (kingdom)
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“endophytes can confer resistance to thermal and drought stress”
- Authors
- Eldor A. Paul (editor); R.P. Voroney, R.J. Heck, Ken Killham, Jim Prosser, D. Lee Taylor, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, David C. Coleman, Diana H. Wall, Janice E. Thies, Ellen Kandeler, Serita D. Frey, Alain F. Plante, Maddie M. Stone, William B. McGill, Sherri J. Morris, Christopher B. Blackwood, R. Balestrini, E. Lumini, R. Borriello, V. Bianciotto, William Horwath, Claire Chenu, Cornelia Rumpel, Johannes Lehmann, G.P. Robertson, P.M. Groffman, Peter J. Bottomley, David D. Myrold, Michael A. Kertesz, Emmanuel Frossard, William J. Parton, Stephen J. Del Grosso, E. Carol Adair, Susan M. Lutz, Harold P. Collins, Alex R. Crump, Vanessa L. Bailey
- Year
- 2015
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
- Page
- 94
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aboveground fungal endophytes conferring thermal/drought stress resistance and reducing herbivory is well-documented in agroecology literature; mechanism and direction are biologically consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Fungal endophyte-mediated abiotic stress tolerance and anti-herbivory effects are well-documented in literature; claim direction (fungus benefiting plant) is correct.”
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