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Symbiosis Between Sebacinales and Aloe vera

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Role of soil microflora is important for survival growth and adaptation of plants in diverse habitat. Mutualistic microorganisms especially mycorrhiza play a key role in adaptation of plants against biotic and abiotic stress under challenging environmental conditions. Mycorrhizal fungi belonging to the order sebacinales are distinguished by the fact that they are culturable and have significant biotechnological prospects in making plants tolerant to stress. Safe, predictable and sustainable cultivation of medicinal plants are a must for industry to make quality herbal products for benefits of consumers. Cultivation of medicinal plants holds significance in restoration of degraded lands using sebacinales fungi as they provide source of income to marginal farmers. Aloe vera is a highly valued plant for its medicinal and cosmetic applications since time immemorial. In this study micropropogated Aloe vera plants colonized with sebacinales fungi Piriformospora indica survived better under the influence of NaCl at moderate (100 mM), high (200 mM) and severe (300 mM) stress. The treated plants showed better growth, higher antioxidant scavenging activity and production of secondary metabolites.

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Ajit Varma is thankful to ICAR-national project for partial fund. Priyanka Sharma is thankful to MoEF GoI and UGC for financial support.

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Sharma, P., Tyagi, M., Kharkwal, A., Cruz, C., Varma, A. (2019). Symbiosis Between Sebacinales and Aloe vera . In: Khurana, S., Gaur, R. (eds) Plant Biotechnology: Progress in Genomic Era. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8499-8_16

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