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Piriformospora indica , a root endophytic fungus, promotes growth of the economically important chickpea plant ( Cicer arietinum  Linn.) and protects it against the pathogenic fungus  Botrytis cinerea . Biomass and root development were found to be significantly improved in chickpea plants colonized with  P .  indica  as compared to the plants grown without  P .  indica  as well as from the plants infected with the  B .  cinerea . Our PCR analyses showed that gradual increase in the colonization of  P .  indica  in the plants result in the inhibition of the colonization of  B .  cinerea .  P .  indica  colonized plants showed increased antioxidant enzyme activities. Interestingly, there were pronounced decrease in the antioxidant enzyme activities in shoots infected with  B .  cinerea  and colonized with  P .  indica  in alternate and simultaneous mode as compared to plants infected with  B .  cinerea  alone. We conclude that  P .  indica  helps plants to overcome the disease load by enhancing antioxidant enzyme defense system. Our data suggest that, bio-protective action of  P .  indica  might be mediated via systemic induction of antioxidant defense in the host plants.

Antioxidant enzymes in chickpea colonized by Piriformospora indica participate in defense against the pathogen Botrytis cinerea