A Novel Delivery System for the Fungus Sebacina vermifera for Biomass Enhancement of Switchgrass Lines
June 24, 2015http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12155-015-9636-8/fulltext.html
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Sebacina vermifera (MAFF-305830) is a symbiotic mycorrhizal fungus that has been shown to be beneficial in enhancing biomass in the bioenergy crop switchgrass. With this, the team of Kelly D. Craven of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation developed a bentonite clay particle-based delivery system for mass production and dissemination of S. vermifera.
The team evaluated the delivery method for S. vermifera in both wild type and transgenic, low lignin switchgrass lines and compared it to an efficient in vitro colonization method. The fungal colonization enhanced biomass regardless of delivery method. However, the percentage of fungal biomass in planta increased with the clay-based delivery system.
This research reports the development of a delivery system for mass production of any symbiotic microbe and suggests that they can be packaged and effectively delivered to a target host plant.
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