Comprehensive mechanisms of heavy metal toxicity in plants, detoxification, and remediation

SA Ghuge, GC Nikalje, US Kadam… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural and anthropogenic causes are continually growing sources of metals in the
ecosystem; hence, heavy metal (HM) accumulation has become a primary environmental …

Fungal endophytes to combat biotic and abiotic stresses for climate-smart and sustainable agriculture

A Verma, N Shameem, HS Jatav… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The agricultural sustainability concept considers higher food production combating biotic
and abiotic stresses, socio-economic well-being, and environmental conservation. On the …

Heavy metals and arsenic stress in food crops: Elucidating antioxidative defense mechanisms in hyperaccumulators for food security, agricultural sustainability, and …

PK Rai, C Sonne, KH Kim - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The spread of heavy metal (loid) s at soil-food crop interfaces has become a threat to
sustainable agricultural productivity, food security, and human health. The eco-toxic effects …

Multifaceted interactions between endophytes and plant: developments and prospects

E Khare, J Mishra, NK Arora - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Microbial endophytes are present in all known plant species. The ability to enter and thrive
in the plant tissues makes endophytes unique, showing multidimensional interactions within …

[HTML][HTML] What are the 100 most cited fungal genera?

CS Bhunjun, YJ Chen, C Phukhamsakda… - Studies in …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Beneficial effects of endophytic fungi colonization on plants

L Yan, J Zhu, X Zhao, J Shi, C Jiang, D Shao - Applied microbiology and …, 2019 - Springer
Due to increasingly limited water resources, diminishing farmland acreage, and potentially
negative effects of climate change, an urgent need exists to improve agricultural productivity …

Induction of abiotic stress tolerance in plants by endophytic microbes

R Lata, S Chowdhury, SK Gond… - Letters in applied …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Endophytes are micro‐organisms including bacteria and fungi that survive within healthy
plant tissues and promote plant growth under stress. This review focuses on the potential of …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on communication mechanism within plant-endophytic fungi interactions to cope with biotic and abiotic stresses

H Lu, T Wei, H Lou, X Shu, Q Chen - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Endophytic fungi infect plant tissues by evading the immune response, potentially
stimulating stress-tolerant plant growth. The plant selectively allows microbial colonization to …

[HTML][HTML] Soil microbiome: Diversity, benefits and interactions with plants

P Chauhan, N Sharma, A Tapwal, A Kumar, GS Verma… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant roots aid the growth and functions of several kinds of microorganisms such as plant
growth-promoting rhizobacteria, mycorrhizal fungi, endophytic bacteria, actinomycetes …

Genomes and secretomes of Ascomycota fungi reveal diverse functions in plant biomass decomposition and pathogenesis

JF Challacombe, CN Hesse, LM Bramer, LA McCue… - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Background The dominant fungi in arid grasslands and shrublands are members of the
Ascomycota phylum. Ascomycota fungi are important drivers in carbon and nitrogen cycling …