Endophytic Microbial Symbionts in Plant Prenatal Care
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The present disclosure provides compositions comprising novel endophytes capable of promoting germination endophytes that have a symbiotic relationship with plants. The present disclosure further provides methods of improving seed vitality, biotic and abiotic stress resistance, plant health and yield under both stressed and unstressed environmental conditions, comprising inoculating a seed with the novel endophyte strains and cultivating a plant therefrom.
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- 21. A method of increasing resistance to nitrogen stress in at least one agricultural crop, said method comprising inoculating the seed of the agricultural crop with a composition comprising fungal endophytes capable of causing populations of seeds from at least two different crops to have increased yield under nitrogen stress conditions compared to control seeds.
- 33. A method of increasing resistance to nitrogen stress in at least one agricultural crop, said method comprising inoculating the seed of the agricultural crop with a composition comprising bacterial endophytes of genus Streptomyces capable of causing populations of seeds to have increased yield under nitrogen stress conditions compared to control seeds.
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