Piriformospora indica: A Novel Plant-growth-promoting Root Endophyte Fungus for Climate-resilient and Sustainable Agriculture
Piriformospora indica (reclassified as Serendipita indica) is an axenically culturable, root-colonizing endophytic fungus of the order Sebacinales, originally isolated from the rhizosphere of woody shrubs in the Thar Desert, India. Unlike obligate arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, P. indica completes its life cycle on synt...