Endophytes are abundant in plants and studies are continuously emanating on their ability
to protect plants from pathogens that cause diseases especially in the field of agriculture …

Over the last century, endophytic fungi have gained tremendous attention due to their ability
to produce novel bioactive compounds exhibiting varied biological properties and are …

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 …

Plant diseases, caused by various microorganisms, including viruses, bacteria, fungi,
protozoa and nematodes, affect agricultural practices and result in significant crop losses …

Antagonism of plant pathogenic fungi by endophytic fungi is a well-known phenomenon. In
plate assays, the antagonism could be due to mycoparasitism, competition for space or …

The escalating demand for secondary metabolites in international markets poses a severe
threat to many plant species. An unscrupulous collection is also the immediate challenge to …

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 …

Endophytes constitute a remarkably multifarious group of microorganisms ubiquitous in
plants and maintain an imperceptible association with their hosts for at least a part of their …

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 …