Endophytic fungi (EF) are a group of fascinating host-associated fungal communities that
colonize the intercellular or intracellular spaces of host tissues, providing beneficial effects to …

Plant diseases cause losses of approximately 16% globally. Thus, management measures
must be implemented to mitigate losses and guarantee food production. In addition to …

All plants are inhabited internally by diverse microbial communities comprising bacterial,
archaeal, fungal, and protistic taxa. These microorganisms showing endophytic lifestyles …

Endophytic fungi or endophytes exist widely inside the healthy tissues of living plants, and
are important components of plant micro-ecosystems. Over the long period of evolution …

Plants defend themselves against ecological stresses including drought. Therefore, they
adopt various strategies to cope with stress, such as seepage and drought tolerance …

Owing to the high diversity of terrestrial and marine organisms, natural products (secondary
metabolites) are some of the most successful source of drug leads for the treatment of many …

This minireview highlights the importance of endophytic fungi for sustainable agriculture and
horticulture production. Fungal endophytes play a key role in habitat adaptation of plants …

Fungi are an essential component of any ecosystem and have diverse ecological roles,
ranging from endophytes to epiphytes and pathogens to saprobes. The current estimate of …

Natural product libraries contain specialized metabolites derived from plants, animals, and
microorganisms that play a pivotal role in drug discovery due to their immense structural …

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 …