Molecular and cytological investigations of the fungal endophyte Piriformospora indica and its interactions with the crop plant barley [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Sachin D. Deshmukh

Molecular and cytological investigations of the fungal endophyte Piriformospora indica and its interactions with the crop plant barley Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades (Dr. rer. nat.) der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fachbereiche der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen durchgeführt am Institut für Phytopathologie und Angewandte Zoologie vorgelegt von M.Sc. Sachin D. Deshmukh Gießen 2007 Dekan: Prof. Dr. Peter R. Schreiner 1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Kogel 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Aart J. E. van Bel Index I ntroduction 11.1 Root symbiosis 1 1.1.1 Rhizobia-legumes symbiosis 11.1.2 Mycorrhizal symbiosis 21.1.2.1 Biotrophic interfaces for the exchange of nutrients 3 1.1.3 “Fungal endophytes” and root symbioses 5 1.1.4 Piriformospora indica 61.2 Plant protection in the rhizosphere 8 1.2.1 Bacteria-fungal pathogen interaction 8 1.2.2 Fungus-fungal pathogen interaction 91.2.3 Method to quantify fungal infestation 10 1.2.4 Defence gene expression during symbiosis 11 1.3 Genetic transformation of filamentous fungi 12 1.4 Objectives 13 II Articles 15 2.1 S. Deshmukh, R. Hückelhoven, P. Schäfer, J. Imani, M. Sharma, M. Weiß, F. Waller and K-H. Kogel.