Chapter 31.4, Problem 3EQ

Summary Introduction

To determine: The application of work by Márquez and associates in agriculture.

Introduction: Endophytes are a type of fungi which live in the plant tissues and provide the plants with protection against the physical stressors such as heat and disease-causing pathogens. The endophytic fungi, called Curvularia protuberata, live within the aboveground tissues of the grass called Dichanthelium lanuginosum. The grass and the fungus, both will die in high temperatures, unless they live together by forming a symbiotic relationship. The formation of the symbiotic relationship between the grass and the endophytic fungus can help them survive through the temperatures as high as 65 °C.