Biodiversity of endophytic fungi from diverse niches and their biotechnological applications

KL Rana, D Kour, I Sheikh, N Yadav, AN Yadav… - Advances in endophytic …, 2019 - Springer
Microbes colonizing the inner part of plants, viz., root, stem, or seeds, are referred to as
endophytes. Diverse groups of microbes (archaea, bacteria, and eukarya) have been …

Piriformospora indica: Potential and Significance in Plant Stress Tolerance

SS Gill, R Gill, DK Trivedi, NA Anjum… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Owing to its exceptional ability to efficiently promote plant growth, protection and stress
tolerance, a mycorrhiza like endophytic Agaricomycetes fungus Piriformospora indica has …

Plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF): phytostimulation and induced systemic resistance

MM Hossain, F Sultana, S Islam - Plant-Microbe Interactions in Agro …, 2017 - Springer
The associations between plants and multipurpose plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF)
have been proven extremely to be beneficial to plants. This review describes new …

Seed priming of Zn with endophytic bacteria improves the productivity and grain biofortification of bread wheat

A Rehman, M Farooq, M Naveed, A Nawaz… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Zinc (Zn) deficiency hampers the crop yield, nutritional quality and ultimately the human
health. Plant growth-promoting endophyte transform unavailable Zn to available form for …

Piriformospora indica: A Novel Plant Growth-Promoting Mycorrhizal Fungus

A Varma, M Bakshi, B Lou, A Hartmann… - Agricultural …, 2012 - Springer
Piriformospora indica, a member of the newly created order Sebacinales, is extremely
versatile in its mycorrhizal associations and its ability to promote plant growth. P. indica is …

Potential of microbes in the biofortification of Zn and Fe in dietary food grains. A review

D Singh, R Prasanna - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2020 - Springer
Micronutrients are essential factors for human health and integral for plant growth and
development. Among the micronutrients, zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) deficiency in dietary food …

The plant strengthening root endophyte Piriformospora indica: potential application and the biology behind

P Franken - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2012 - Springer
The successful conversion of plant production systems from conventional resource-
exhausting to sustainable strategies depends on knowledge-based management of …

Beneficial role of endophytes in biofortification of Zn in wheat genotypes varying in nutrient use efficiency grown in soils sufficient and deficient in Zn

D Singh, MVS Rajawat, R Kaushik, R Prasanna… - Plant and Soil, 2017 - Springer
Background and aim Most of the food grains show deficiency of zinc. The study was carried
out to evaluate the role of endophytes in the fortification of Zn in wheat genotypes with …

Prospecting endophytes from different Fe or Zn accumulating wheat genotypes for their influence as inoculants on plant growth, yield, and micronutrient content

D Singh, N Geat, MVS Rajawat, R Prasanna, A Kar… - Annals of …, 2018 - Springer
The plant microbiome is known to play a significant role in improving plant productivity and
quality of produce, and the endophytic component was explored toward developing …

Effect of drought stress and inoculation treatments on nutrient uptake, essential oil and expression of genes related to monoterpenes in sage (Salvia officinalis)

Z Aslani, A Hassani, BA Mandoulakani, M Barin… - Scientia …, 2023 - Elsevier
To investigate the effect of inoculation of Piriformospora indica (P. indica) and Pseudomonas
fluorescens (P. fluorescens) on some morphological and physiological traits, nutrient …