The plant microbiomes play important role in plant growth promotion and soil fertility for
sustainable agriculture. Plant and soil are valuable natural resource harbouring hotspots of …

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 …

Fungal endophytes are quite common in nature and some of them have been shown to have
adverse effects against insects, nematodes, and plant pathogens. Our research program is …

We consider how fungi that form symbiotic associations with plants interact with insect
herbivores attacking the same plants. Both endophytes and mycorrhizae have significant …

Grasses are noted for an absence of toxic secondary metabolites. However, some grass-
associated fungi are known for their production of numerous secondary compounds, which …

Ten fungal isolates belonging to the genera Beauveria (3), Hypocrea (1), Gibberella (1),
Metarhizium (2), Trichoderma (1) and Fusarium (2) were evaluated in the laboratory to …

Endophyte-grass symbiosis is generally considered to be a classic example of microbe-
plant symbiosis in which the fitness of the microbial symbiont and its host plant is closely …

Model systems can facilitate and focus research efforts but ill-chosen or inapt ones can
distract or impede scientific progress. In this Opinion article, we pose the question: how can …

Endophytic fungi are common and diverse in plants. Yet the nature of their interactions with
host plants, and how these interactions cascade upward to communities and ecosystems …

The symbiosis between vertically transmitted asexual endophytic fungi and grasses is
common and generally considered to be mutualistic. Recent studies have accumulated …