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 …

Fungal endophytes are micro-organisms that colonize healthy plant tissues without causing
disease symptoms. They are described as plant growth and disease resistance promoters …

All plants form symbioses with endophytic fungi, which affect host plant health and function.
Most endophytic fungi are horizontally transmitted, and consequently, local environment and …

Hevea brasiliensis is a native hyperdiverse tree species in the Amazon basin with great
economic importance since it produces the highest quality natural rubber. H. brasiliensis, in …

Roots and leaves comprise two of the largest microbial habitats on Earth, particularly in
tropical forests where root and leaf surface areas are extremely high and microbes are …

Diverse communities of fungal endophytes reside in plant tissues, where they affect and are
affected by plant physiology and ecology. For these intimate interactions to form and persist …

Seeds acquire fungal endophytes either from the environment or from their progenitors.
These transmission modes are central in shaping the microbiome because they affect …

Salicinoid phenolic glycosides are common defence substances in salicaceous trees and
specialist leaf beetles use these compounds for their own defence against predators …

Phylogenetic distance among host species represents a proxy for host traits that act as biotic
filters to shape host‐associated microbiome community structure. However, teasing apart …

Plants harbor complex and highly diverse fungal endophyte communities (FECs), making it
difficult to evaluate the functional role of individual taxa, subsets of the community, or the …