Aspergillus niger ZJ-17 enhances the yield and quality of Angelica dahurica var. formosana by modulating beneficial rhizobacteria: a sustainable strategy for plant production
Meiyan Jiang, Renlang Liu, Zhengchuan Li, Hailing Xu, Jiuyu Zeng, Wenjie Qu, Zhaoyong Hu, Yinyin Chen, Dongju Feng, Wei Wu · 2026
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Meiyan Jiang leads a ten-author team adding a helpful fungus to the roots of a medicinal angelica plant in a 2026 study. The plant serves as both medicine and food, and its root-zone bacteria shape its quality. The fungus, a strain of Aspergillus niger, had already raised yields while cutting fertilizer in pots and fields. This study asked how it reshapes the bacteria around the roots.
Treated plants absorbed nutrients better and built up growth hormones in their roots. Helpful Proteobacteria grew more abundant in the root zone. Tests with 832 isolated strains showed the fungus boosted these bacteria through microbe interplay and by changing root secretions. Certain phenolic acids from roots proved to be the key signals. The authors pitch the fungus as a sustainable production strategy.
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| CREATOR | Meiyan Jiang, Renlang Liu, Zhengchuan Li, Hailing Xu, Jiuyu Zeng, Wenjie Qu, Zhaoyong Hu, Yinyin Chen, Dongju Feng, Wei Wu |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47778 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |