Global food security is threatened by insect pests of economically important crops. Chemical
pesticides have been used frequently for the last few decades to manage insect pests …

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 …

Endophytic fungi are symptomless internal inhabits of plant tissues. They are implicated in
the production of antibiotic and other compounds of therapeutic importance. Ecologically …

Purpose: This paper aims to summarize recent developments regarding the synthesis,
application and challenges of fungal AgNPs. Possible methods to overcome the challenge …

Fungal endophytes residing in the internal tissues of living plants occur in almost every plant
on earth from the arctic to the tropics. The endophyte–host relationship is described as a …

Terrestrial plants including forest trees are generally known to live in close association with
microbial organisms. The inherent features of this close association can be commensalism …

Plants are rife with bacteria and fungi that colonize roots and shoots both externally and
internally. By providing novel nutritional and defense pathways and influencing plant …

In many respects, the ecology of members of the Botryosphaeriaceae compare to general
patterns observed for the collective of endophytes of woody plants. These include high …

Almost all plant species form symbioses with soil fungi, and nutrient transfer to plants is
largely mediated through this partnership. Studies of fungal nutrient transfer to plants have …

Plant–microbe interactions are ubiquitous. Plants are threatened by pathogens, but they are
even more commonly engaged in neutral or mutualistic interactions with microbes …