Climate change is a notable challenge for agriculture as it affects crop productivity and yield.
Increases in droughts, salinity, and soil degradation are some of the major consequences of …

Invasive plants, which cause substantial economic and ecological impacts, acquire both
pathogens and beneficial microbes in their introduced ranges. Communities of fungal …

Dark septate endophytes (DSEs) constitute a polyphyletic group within the Ascomycota, with
global distribution and a wide range of host plant species. The present study evaluated the …

Festuca rubra subsp. pruinosa is a perennial grass that inhabits sea cliffs, a habitat where
salinity and low nutrient availability occur. These plants have a rich fungal microbiome, and …

Soil salinity is a limiting factor in crop productivity. Inoculating crops with microorganisms
adapted to salt stress is an alternative to increasing plant salinity tolerance. Few studies …

Fungal symbionts can improve plant tolerance to salt stress. However, the interaction of
epiphytic Fusarium oxysporum and Fusarium fujikuroi with the tolerance of the invasive plant …

The novel DSE Laburnicola rhizohalophila (Pleosporales, Ascomycota) is frequently found
in the halophytic seepweed (Suaeda salsa). In this article, we report a near-chromosome …

Heavy metal pollution poses a serious hazard to human health, and microbial remediation of
heavy metals in soil has been widely studied. A group of ascomycetes classified as dark …

Polyploidy is recognized as a mechanism of speciation in plants with cascading effects on
biotic interactions. However, a limited number of studies have investigated the effects of …

Pesticide contamination of aquatic ecosystems poses a significant threat to humans and can
adversely affect fungal-driven processes in these understudied habitats. Here, we …