title: Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis-mediated tomato tolerance to drought.
abstract: A multidisciplinary approach, involving eco-physiological, morphometric, biochemical and molecular analyses, has been used to study the impact of two different AM fungi, i.e. Funneliformis mosseae and Rhizophagus intraradices, on tomato response to water stress. Overall, results show that AM symbiosis positively affects the tolerance to drought in tomato with a different plant response depending on the involved AM fungal species.
authors.affiliation: a Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP)-CNR , Torino , Italy.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chitarra
authors.affiliation: a Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP)-CNR , Torino , Italy.
authors.forename: Biancaelena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maserti
authors.affiliation: a Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP)-CNR , Torino , Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gambino
authors.affiliation: a Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP)-CNR , Torino , Italy.
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guerrieri
authors.affiliation: a Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP)-CNR , Torino , Italy.
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balestrini
mesh_terms: D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D055864:Droughts; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D055137:Glomeromycota / Q000502:physiology; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology*; D038821:Mycorrhizae / Q000502:physiology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D000040:Abscisic Acid
keywords: AM fungi; abiotic stress tolerance; abscisic acid (ABA); aquaporins; iWUE; stomatal density; water stress