title: Potential agricultural benefits through biotechnological manipulation of plant fungal associations.
abstract: Genes involved in beneficial plant-fungal associations are attractive targets for biotechnological applications in agriculture. We suggest that some endophytic ascomycetous insect pathogenic fungi (i.e., Metarhizium) may be good candidates for these biotechnological manipulations.
authors: Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada.
authors: Scott W
authors: SW
authors: Behie
authors: Michael J
authors: MJ
authors: Bidochka
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D001709:Biotechnology; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology*; D060026:Endophytes / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D052981:Metarhizium / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013559:Symbiosis