FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES FOR IMPROVED CROP YIELDS AND PROTECTION FROM PESTS
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1. A method for improving drought resistance in a cotton plant, the method comprising:
- contacting a cotton seed with a formulation comprising purified filamentous, spore-forming, facultative fungal endophytes of at least one Chaetomium species, wherein the facultative fungal endophytes are present in the formulation in an amount effective to improve drought resistance of a cotton plant grown from the seed compared to a reference cotton plant grown from a reference seed.
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The invention provides a synthetic combination of a crop and at least one fungal endophyte, wherein the crop is a host plant of the endophyte. Provided are also methods and compositions for producing such synthetic combinations. The endophyte reproduces and enhances the agronomic characteristics of the crop. Methods for inoculating the host plant with the endophyte, for propagating the host-endophyte combination, and for detecting the presence of the endophyte and of its metabolites within a host plant are also described.
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1. A method for improving drought resistance in a cotton plant, the method comprising:
contacting a cotton seed with a formulation comprising purified filamentous, spore-forming, facultative fungal endophytes of at least one Chaetomium species, wherein the facultative fungal endophytes are present in the formulation in an amount effective to improve drought resistance of a cotton plant grown from the seed compared to a reference cotton plant grown from a reference seed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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