A METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE MEAN DRY SHOOT WEIGHT, MEAN DRY GRAIN WEIGHT, AND SUPPRESSING SEED-BORNE INFECTION IN A CEREAL CROP

摘要

A seed coating composition comprising a mixture of a fungal root endophyte isolated from a root of the plant found in low-nutrient, drought-stressed or multiply-stressed conditions and a carrier medium for application of said composition to a target seed, wherein the endophyte is characterised in having a nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (nr ITS) with at least a 90% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 3 to 15.