Plant associated fungal endophytes as a source of natural bioactive compounds

N Rai, P Kumari Keshri, A Verma, SC Kamble, P Mishra… - Mycology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Endophytes are a potent source of bioactive compounds that mimic plant-based metabolites.
The relationship of host plant and endophyte is significantly associated with alteration in …

Fungal functional ecology: bringing a trait‐based approach to plant‐associated fungi

AE Zanne, K Abarenkov, ME Afkhami… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi play many essential roles in ecosystems. They facilitate plant access to nutrients and
water, serve as decay agents that cycle carbon and nutrients through the soil, water and …

Direct comparison of culture-dependent and culture-independent molecular approaches reveal the diversity of fungal endophytic communities in stems of grapevine …

AJ Dissanayake, W Purahong, T Wubet, KD Hyde… - Fungal Diversity, 2018 - Springer
Grapevines (Vitis vinifera) are colonized by ubiquitous microorganisms known as
endophytes, which may have advantageous or neutral effects without causing disease …

Bioprospecting endophytic fungi from Fusarium genus as sources of bioactive metabolites

RMK Toghueo - Mycology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Endophytic fungi became an attractive source for the discovery of new leads, because of the
complexity and the structural diversity of their secondary metabolites. The genus Fusarium …

The threat of pests and pathogens and the potential for biological control in forest ecosystems

A Balla, A Silini, H Cherif-Silini, A Chenari Bouket… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Forests are an essential component of the natural environment, as they support biodiversity,
sequester carbon, and play a crucial role in biogeochemical cycles—in addition to …

Linking endophytic fungi to medicinal plants therapeutic activity. A case study on Asteraceae

G Caruso, MT Abdelhamid, A Kalisz, A Sekara - Agriculture, 2020 - mdpi.com
Endophytes are isolated from every plant species investigated to date, so the metabolome
coevolution has been affecting the plants'(microbiota) ethnobotanic, especially therapeutic …

Foliar endophytic fungi alter patterns of nitrogen uptake and distribution in Theobroma cacao

N Christian, EA Herre, K Clay - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Colonization by foliar endophytic fungi can affect the expression of host plant defenses and
other ecologically important traits. However, whether endophyte colonization affects the …

Leaf and root endospheres harbor lower fungal diversity and less complex fungal co-occurrence patterns than rhizosphere

X Qian, H Li, Y Wang, B Wu, M Wu, L Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Plant-associated microbiomes are key determinants of host-plant fitness, productivity, and
function. However, compared to bacterial community, we still lack fundamental knowledge …

Host genotype controls ecological change in the leaf fungal microbiome

A VanWallendael, GMN Benucci, PB da Costa… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Leaf fungal microbiomes can be fundamental drivers of host plant success, as they contain
pathogens that devastate crop plants and taxa that enhance nutrient uptake, discourage …

Exposure to the leaf litter microbiome of healthy adults protects seedlings from pathogen damage

N Christian, EA Herre, LC Mejia… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
It is increasingly recognized that microbiota affect host health and physiology. However, it is
unclear what factors shape microbiome community assembly in nature, and how …