Vertical Transmission of Beneficial Endophytes Through Seed: Field Study Across Three Generations

Authors

  • Ceko Chervenkov Centre for Plant-Microbe Interactions, Strandzha Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Malko Tarnovo, Bulgaria Author
  • Christakis-D Chrysochoou Department of Seed Technology, Elis Centre for Plant Genome Engineering, Pyrgos, Greece Author
  • Egbert Aschenbrenner Department of Soil Microbiology, Vogelsberg Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Alsfeld, Germany Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22666829

Keywords:

Vertical Transmission of Beneficial Endophytes Through Seed; Agricultural biotechnology; Gene editing; Evidence synthesis; Biosafety regulation

Abstract

There is real interest in vertical transmission of beneficial endophytes through seed right now, and real uncertainty about exactly
where it delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for vertical transmission of beneficial endophytes through
seed, covering the methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and
where researchers and regulators are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better
supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance

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2026-08-17

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