This will provide researchers with greater insight on the diversity of other eukaryotes and prokaryotes living
inside plant tissues.
Not exact matches
One example for such an association has now been reported by an international team of researchers in the journal New Phytologist: a fungus of the genus Trichoderma lives
inside the
tissue of tomato
plants (endophytically) and helps its host to defend itself against infestations by parasitic nematodes.
«The bulk of the world's cellulose is produced within the thickened secondary cell walls of
tissues hidden
inside the
plant body,» says University of British Columbia Botany PhD candidate Yoichiro Watanabe, lead author of the paper published this week in Science.
They can grow on animal and
plant tissues, and even
inside the human body on medical devices such as catheters, heart valves, or artificial hips.
Plant tissue culture: Looking
inside and outside the box Dr. Praveen Saxena is a Professor in the Department of
Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph.