Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (9): 23-29.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2015.09.003

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Research Progress on Effects of Endophytes on Plant Drought Resistance

Cao Kai, Li Yuanting, An Dengdi, Zhang Rui   

  1. (Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Special Species Conservation and Regulatory Biology,College of Life Science,Xinjiang Normal University,Urumqi 830054)
  • Received:2014-12-24 Online:2015-09-15 Published:2015-09-16

Abstract: With the development of economy and the increase of population, the demand for water resources continuously increases, thus the varied degrees of arid and semi-arid lands occur in many regions. Soil aridification directly constrains the crop yields. Improving crops’ drought resistance is a pressing issue of agricultural development in China. Endophytes distribute in the healthy plant tissues without external infection symptoms, and co-evolve with the host plant;theirs properties of enhancing the resistance of host plant have captured the attentions from researchers and become a new hotspot. This paper mainly summarizes the effects of endophytes on alleviating drought stress of plants by regulating the osmotic regulation substances, antioxidant capacity and drought-related gene expression of plants.

Key words: endophyte, drought stress, resistance