Epichloe fungi are endophytes of cool season grasses, both wild species and commercial
cultivars, where they may exhibit mutualistic or pathogenic lifestyles. The Epichloe-grass …

Phylogeny provides the framework for studying functional traits within a clade of interest.
Functional traits influence growth, survival, and reproduction by mediating interactions …

Soil salinization has become a major challenge for sustainable development of global
agriculture. As a result, cultivation of salt-tolerant crop varieties has become a focus of plant …

Temperature type is one of the key traits determining the cultivation regime of Lentinula
edodes. However, the molecular and metabolic basis underling temperature type remain …

Fungal endophytes can improve plant tolerance to abiotic stress conditions. Dark septate
endophytes (DSEs) belong to phylogenetically non-related groups of root colonizing fungi …

Suaeda dendroides, a succulent euhalophyte of the Chenopodiaceae family, intermittently
spread around northern Xinjiang, China, has the ability to grow and develop in saline and …

Lichen-forming fungi are mutualistic symbionts of green algae or cyanobacteria. We report
the comparative analysis of six genomes of lichen-forming fungi in classes Eurotiomycetes …

Dark septate endophytes (DSEs) are a diverse group of fungi that form mutualistic
relationships with plant roots, especially under stressful conditions such as heavy metal …

Epichloë grass endophytes comprise a group of filamentous fungi of both sexual and
asexual species. Known for the beneficial characteristics they endow upon their grass hosts …

Seedling establishment in an extreme environment requires an integrated genomic and
physiological response to survive multiple abiotic stresses. The extremophyte, Haloxylon …