is a medicinal herbal plant with important health care value and high demand. Due to its slow growth and scarcity in nature, its yield depends on intensified cultivation while biotic and abiotic stresses were important factors that causes production loss. Orchidaceae can form association with rhizoctonias collectively, and studies have found that some orchids showed a high level of strain-species specificity to orchid mycorrhizal fungi (OMF), yet the specificity of OMF on needs to explored. In this study, the effects on of four OMF isolated from were tested. The obviously higher mass yield of the treated plants in medium and pots indicated the growth promotion effect of the fungi. Furthermore, an abiotic stress test indicated stronger drought tolerance among the treated plants. For the biotic stress test, two root rot pathogens, and , were isolated and identified from root rot of . In an inhibition test, the four OMF could resist the growth of these pathogens. studies showed that these four OMF could improve the survival rate and fresh weight and decrease the root rot rate of pathogen-inoculated seedlings. The four OMF namely; sp., sp., sp. and sp. are compatible strains for improving the growth rate of by increasing its environmental stress tolerance, providing an effective way to supply resources through artificial reproduction.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8656386 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12555 | DOI Listing |
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