Fungi form a major and diverse component of most ecosystems on Earth. They are both
micro and macroorganisms with high and varying functional diversity as well as great …

Endophytic fungi and bacteria live asymptomatically within plant tissues. In recent decades,
research on endophytes has revealed that their significant role in promoting plants as …

Environmental stresses can compromise the interactions of plants with beneficial microbes.
In the present review, experimental results showing that stresses negatively affect the …

A trade‐off between growth and defence functions is commonly observed in plants. We
propose that the association of plants with Epichloë fungal endophytes may eliminate this …

Reduced insect pest populations found on long-term organic farms have mostly been
attributed to increased biodiversity and abundance of beneficial predators, as well as to …

Plants commonly form mutualistic associations with fungal endophytes. We put forward the
hypothesis, with supporting evidence, that certain plant physiological responses to stress [ie …

Biotic stress is known to cause numerous harmful effects on agricultural harvests worldwide.
Many biotic/living microbes, such as bacteria, fungi, virus, weeds, insects, nematodes, and …

Lolium perenne infected with the fungal endophyte Epichloë festucae var. lolii have specific,
endophyte strain-dependent, chemical phenotypes in their above-ground tissues …

There is an increasing interest in determining the influence of global change on plant–
microorganism interactions. We review the results of experiments that evaluated the effects …

Water is a fundamental necessity for people's well-being and the ecosystem's sustainability;
however, its toxicity due to agrochemicals usage for food production leads to the …