Abstract
Growth of a filamentous fungus endophyte, Neotyphodium, and its host plant, tall fescue, Festuca arundinacea, was examined during the seed germination process under pseudo-microgravity [correction of micrgravity] generated by three dimensional (3D-) clinorotation. The shoot growth of tall fescue infected with the endophyte was remarkably suppressed on a 3D-clinostat compared with that of the ground control. Without being infected, shoot growth of tall fescue was not strongly affected by the 3D-clinorotation. Many aggregated hyphae were observed in the plant seed incubated for 1-day on the 3D-clinostat [correction of clinost] than in those kept on the ground. These results indicate that the clinorotation induces responses in the endophyte and its host plant different from those under normal gravity.
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