Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 66, Issue 16, Pages 4022-4031Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b06158
Keywords
Achnatherum inebrians; Epichloe endophyte; low-nitrogen; nitrogen metabolism; nitrogen use efficiency; stoichiometry
Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2014CB138702]
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The systemic fungal endophyte of the grass Achnatherum inebrians, Epichloe gansuensis, has important roles in enhancing resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. In this work, we first evaluated the effects of E. gansuensis on nitrogen metabolism, nitrogen use efficiency, and stoichiometry of A. inebrians under varying nitrogen concentrations. The results demonstrated that E. gansuensis significantly improved the growth of A. inebrians under low nitrogen conditions. The fresh and dry weights, nitrogen reductase, nitrite reductase, and glutamine synthetase activity, NO3-, NH4+, N, and P content, and also the total N accumulation, N utilization efficiency, and N uptake efficiency were all higher in leaves of A. inebrians with E. ganusensis (E+) plants than A. inebrians plants without this endophyte (E-) under low nitrogen availability. In conclusion, E. gansuensis has positive effects on improving the growth of A. inebrians under low-nitrogen conditions by modulating the enzymes of nitrogen metabolism and enhancing nitrogen use efficiency.
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