Protocols for Arabidopsis thaliana and Piriformospora indica co-cultivation – A model system to study plant beneficial traits

Joy Michal Johnson, Irena Sherameti, Anatoli Ludwig, Pyniarlang L. Nongbri, Chao Sun, Binggan Lou, Ajit Varma and Ralf Oelmüller Institute of General Botany and Plant Physiology, FSU Jena, Dornburger Str. 159, 07743 Jena, Germany; Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China; Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, E-3 Block, Fourth Floor, Sector 125, Noida, UP 201303, India; *correspondence to: b7oera@hotmail.de

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