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Endophytic Fungi The Hidden Sustainable Jewels for the Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Industries
Endophytes have unique characteristics to propagate inside host plants and aide the host by providing additional defense against environmental... -
Endophytic Fungi: Potential Source of Allelochemicals for Sustainable Agriculture
A diverse group of microorganisms known as plant-associated fungi, also known as endophytic fungi, are usually found anonymously between the cell’s... -
Endophytic Fungi: Symbiotic Bioresource for Production of Plant Secondary Metabolites
Endophytes are a diverse group of microbes that asymptomatically colonize the interior organs of higher plants. Fungi and bacteria are also... -
Endophytic Fungi for Microbial Phytoremediation: Prospects for Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability
Owing to their ability to colonize plant tissues and metabolize a wide range of organic and inorganic toxic pollutants, endophytic fungi are a... -
Endophytic Fungi as Potential Bio-Control Agents of Soil-Borne Pathogen
As possible biocontrol agents against soil-borne infections, root endophytic fungi, also known as fungal endophytes, have gained attention. Recently,...
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Endophytic fungi as a potential source of anti-cancer drug
Endophytes are considered one of the major sources of bioactive compounds used in different aspects of health care including cancer treatment. When...
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Role of Endophytic Fungi in Promoting Plant Health
German botanist Heinrich Friedrich Link first described endophytes in 1809. Endophytes exist ubiquitously within the plants without causing any... -
Insights into Taxol® biosynthesis by endophytic fungi
AbstractThere have been two hundred reports that endophytic fungi produce Taxol®, but its production yield is often rather low. Although considerable...
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Cultivation-Based Studies of Endophytic Fungi in Plants
Fungal endophytes live within plants without any symptoms and confer several advantages to the host that may be exploited for use in agriculture and... -
A review on endophytic fungi: a potent reservoir of bioactive metabolites with special emphasis on blight disease management
Phytopathogenic microorganisms have caused blight diseases that present significant challenges to global agriculture. These diseases result in...
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The hidden diversity of mangrove endophytic fungi from Tanzania: insights from a preliminary study
Endophytic fungi exhibit a wide distribution across various plant tissues, including mangroves yet their exploration in many regions worldwide...
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Endophytic Fungi and the Health Benefits from Their Potential Bioactive Secondary Metabolites
Endophytic fungi colonize the inner parts of the plant tissues asymptomatically. Numerous research studies have demonstrated that endophytes directly... -
Antagonism of endophytic fungi depends on pathogen and host plant
Endophytic fungi live within plant tissues without harming the host, promote its growth, and protect host plants from abiotic and biotic stresses...
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Secondary Metabolites of Endophytic Fungi Against Candidiasis
Plants have the ability to produce bioactive substances that aid in the treatment or prevention of disease. They also offer endophytes a special... -
Endophytic Fungi as a Promising Source of Anticancer L-Asparaginase: A Review
L-asparaginase is a tetrameric enzyme from the amidohydrolases family, that catalyzes the breakdown of L-asparagine into L-aspartic acid and ammonia....
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Do all fungi have ancestors with endophytic lifestyles?
Fungi are an essential component of any ecosystem and have diverse ecological roles, ranging from endophytes to epiphytes and pathogens to saprobes....
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Endophytic insect pathogenic fungi-host plant-herbivore mutualism: elucidating the mechanisms involved in the tripartite interactions
Various techniques used by crop plants to evade insect pests and pathogen attacks have been documented. Among these, plant defense strategies induced...
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Bioprospecting endophytic fungi for bioactive metabolites with seed germination promoting potentials
There is an urgent need for new bioactive molecules with unique mechanisms of action and chemistry to address the issue of incorrect use of chemical...
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Biocontrol mechanisms of endophytic fungi
BackgroundScientific approaches into modern agricultural systems, as opposed to the use of synthetic pesticides in food production, became important...
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Diversity analysis of leaf endophytic fungi and rhizosphere soil fungi of Korean Epimedium at different growth stages
BackgroundRhizosphere fungi and endophytic fungi play key roles in plant growth and development; however, their role in the growth of Epimedium...