Abstract
Zingiber Officinale is a perennial rhizomatous vegetable and seasonings with amazing flavor, as well as a wide range of pharmacological activity. Endophytic fungi live within plants, and some of them can help plants adapt to various stress and promote the growth and development of plant. Four endophytic fungi were isolated from ginger rhizome and named GR-1, GR-2, GR-3, and GR-4, respectively. GR-2 promoted the growth of tissue culture ginger plantlets in bottles, and it was identified as Sarocladium strictum. Thus, S. strictum might be a good candidate in the industry of tissue culture plantlet production.
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The endophytic fungi S. strictum isolated from ginger rhizome promoted the growth of ginger tissue culture plantlets.
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This work was supported by the Science and Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project of Ya’an, and Science and Technology Planning Project of Ya’an (22ZDYFZF0009).
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M. Y. conceived the idea and revised the manuscript. Y. C., Z. Z., and S. Y. designed the experiments. Z. T., L. Z., T. C., S. F., and C. D. analyzed and processed the original data. X. L. isolated and purified the endophytic fungi from ginger rhizome. J. W. identified the endophytic fungi. Y. P. observed the morphology of endophytic fungi. S. Z. completed the co-cultivation experiment of endophytic fungi and ginger tissue culture plantlets. S. Z. and Y. P. wrote the manuscript and contributed equally to this work. All the authors have reviewed and approved the manuscript.
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Zhang, S., Pei, Y., Wang, J. et al. Isolation and characterization of an endophytic fungi from Zingiber officinale Rosc. and its activity to promote the growth of tissue culture ginger plantlets in bottles. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 154, 587–594 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-023-02534-2
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