Artificial Endosymbiosis of Pedobacter sp. DDGJ Boosts the Growth Potential, Stress Resistance and Productivity of Morchella Mushrooms

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True morels are precious edible and medicinal mushrooms. The sustainable development of morel cultivation necessitates urgent breeding programmes to develop improved varieties or strains. Some soil bacteria, including Pedobacter spp., are recognised as morel's beneficial microbes. In this paper, the potential beneficial bacterium Pedobacter sp. DDGJ with minor chitinolytic activity was isolated and confirmed for...