
TY  - JOUR
A1  - McGee, Peter 
A1  - Dingle, Juliet 
A1  - Macarthur, Deborah 
A1  - Creighton, Nicola 
A1  - Istifadah, Noor 
T1  - Endophytic fungi add to plant defences
JF  - Microbiology Australia
JO  - Microbiol. Aust.
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 24
IS  - 3
SP  - 42
EP  - 43
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MA03342 
N2  - Plants have a battery of physical and chemical defences that enable them to be resistant to herbivores and pathogens. Least understood and probably most effective are the induced compounds that act systemically within the plant. The induced resistance may be long- or short-lived. Some compounds appear to be highly specific, while others have a broad capacity to decrease colonisation by viral, bacterial and fungal invaders. At the same time, apparently benign fungi, known as endophytes, can be isolated from healthy tissues of most plants. 
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