Fungal endophytes of crop plants: diversity, stress tolerance and biocontrol potential
Abstract Background There is a growing perception among the scientific community to utilize endophytes in improving crop productivity. The presence of these microorganisms offers benefits to host plants that include enhanced resistance to various insect pests, increased fitness and improved toleranc...
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| author | K. Malarvizhi T. S. Murali V. Kumaresan |
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| description | Abstract Background There is a growing perception among the scientific community to utilize endophytes in improving crop productivity. The presence of these microorganisms offers benefits to host plants that include enhanced resistance to various insect pests, increased fitness and improved tolerance to abiotic stresses including heavy metal pollutants and higher salinity, albeit with no harm to the environment. Main body Since reports indicated that fungal endophytes afford protection to cereal crops from a wide variety of pathogenic microbes, in this short review, the diversity and potential of fungal endophytes of some major crop plants including rice, wheat, maize and sugarcane were discussed. Conclusion Considering the global challenges caused by food security, there is an immediate need to look at effective and environmental friendly solutions to increase crop productivity and endophytes present a solution due to their long-term symbiotic association with their hosts. However, it remains critical to understand their functional significance and overall role in improving the host fitness in natural environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-519a0dae66a24166af980c652502e8b72023-06-25T11:27:12ZengSpringerOpenEgyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control2536-93422023-06-013311710.1186/s41938-023-00711-1Fungal endophytes of crop plants: diversity, stress tolerance and biocontrol potentialK. Malarvizhi0T. S. Murali1V. Kumaresan2Department of Botany, Kanchi Mamunivar Government Institute for Postgraduate Studies and ResearchDepartment of Biotechnology, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher EducationDepartment of Botany, Kanchi Mamunivar Government Institute for Postgraduate Studies and ResearchAbstract Background There is a growing perception among the scientific community to utilize endophytes in improving crop productivity. The presence of these microorganisms offers benefits to host plants that include enhanced resistance to various insect pests, increased fitness and improved tolerance to abiotic stresses including heavy metal pollutants and higher salinity, albeit with no harm to the environment. Main body Since reports indicated that fungal endophytes afford protection to cereal crops from a wide variety of pathogenic microbes, in this short review, the diversity and potential of fungal endophytes of some major crop plants including rice, wheat, maize and sugarcane were discussed. Conclusion Considering the global challenges caused by food security, there is an immediate need to look at effective and environmental friendly solutions to increase crop productivity and endophytes present a solution due to their long-term symbiotic association with their hosts. However, it remains critical to understand their functional significance and overall role in improving the host fitness in natural environments.https://doi.org/10.1186/s41938-023-00711-1BiocontrolFungal endophytesCrop plantsDiversityStressTolerance |
| spellingShingle | K. Malarvizhi T. S. Murali V. Kumaresan Fungal endophytes of crop plants: diversity, stress tolerance and biocontrol potential Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control Biocontrol Fungal endophytes Crop plants Diversity Stress Tolerance |
| title | Fungal endophytes of crop plants: diversity, stress tolerance and biocontrol potential |
| title_full | Fungal endophytes of crop plants: diversity, stress tolerance and biocontrol potential |
| title_fullStr | Fungal endophytes of crop plants: diversity, stress tolerance and biocontrol potential |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fungal endophytes of crop plants: diversity, stress tolerance and biocontrol potential |
| title_short | Fungal endophytes of crop plants: diversity, stress tolerance and biocontrol potential |
| title_sort | fungal endophytes of crop plants diversity stress tolerance and biocontrol potential |
| topic | Biocontrol Fungal endophytes Crop plants Diversity Stress Tolerance |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41938-023-00711-1 |
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