| Budget Amount *help |
¥15,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,480,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥8,190,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,890,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study intended to reveal the evolutionary processes of symbiotic interactions between parasitic plants and their endophytic fungi (those live interior of plant body without any symptoms). For the purposes, we conducted i) floristic investigations of endophytic fungi in various parasitic plants and ii) ecological functions of those fungi to the plants, especially their effect to plant growth. We found plant pathogenic fungi to an extent in each parasitic plant we examined. We cannot fully reveal their genetic background related to symbiotic interactions. Some fungal species showed, however, deleterious effects on parasitic plants in their early stage of growth. Interactions between parasitic plants and endophytic fungi may be more complicated as expected and we need more information about their interaction throughout their life cycles.
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